No. 716 in Icelandic
vanda
"Vanda" means "to strive for quality" or "to take care" in English.
In a sentence
Ég vanda mig alltaf við að skrifa skýrslur.
I always take care in writing reports.
Here, 'vanda' means to take care to do something carefully or skillfully.
Hún lendir oft í vanda þegar hún gleymir að skipuleggja tímann.
She often gets into trouble when she forgets to organize her time.
In this sentence, 'vanda' represents a problematic situation or trouble.
Við ætlum að vanda valið á veitingastað fyrir veisluna.
We are planning to carefully select a restaurant for the party.
Here, 'vanda' is used to express the intention of taking care to make a choice or decision.
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