No. 3,357 in Swedish
anträffades
"Anträffades" means "was found" or "was located" in English.
In a sentence
Individen anträffades på platsen av polisen.
The individual was found at the location by the police.
Here, 'anträffades' is used in the passive voice to describe the subject (individual) being found by someone (police), indicating an action performed upon the subject.
Nyckeln till kassaskåpet anträffades i hemmet.
The key to the safe was found at home.
In this sentence, 'anträffades' again is used in a passive structure to denote the act of discovery of an item (key) at a specific location (home).
Hundens ägare anträffades senare samma dag.
The dog's owner was found later the same day.
Here, 'anträffades' communicates the occurrence of locating someone (dog's owner) at a subsequent time (later the same day).
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