No. 8,173 in Swedish
ana
"To suspect" or "to sense."
In a sentence
Jag kunde ana att något var fel.
I could sense that something was wrong.
In this sentence, 'ana' means 'to suspect or sense something indirectly, often based on intuition or subtle clues'.
Det är svårt att ana hur framtiden kommer att se ut.
It is difficult to anticipate how the future will look.
Here, 'ana' indicates 'to anticipate or foresee something that is not directly observable'.
Hon kunde ana en svag doft av liljor i luften.
She could detect a faint scent of lilies in the air.
In this context, 'ana' is used to mean 'to perceive something faintly, such as a smell, sound, or presence'.
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