No. 8,416 in Swedish
bantat
"Bantat" means "slimmed down" or "reduced" in weight.
In a sentence
Han har bantat för att förbättra sin hälsa.
He has dieted to improve his health.
The word 'bantat' is used as the past tense of 'banta', which means to diet in Swedish, implying the person has actively engaged in weight management.
De har bantat kostnaderna för projektet.
They have reduced the costs of the project.
Here, 'bantat' is metaphorically used to indicate reducing or trimming down, applied to expenses instead of physical weight.
Hon berättade att hon hade bantat under en lång period.
She explained that she had dieted for a long time.
In this context, 'bantat' is used again as the past tense of a personal effort to lose weight through dieting.
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