No. 3,419 in Swedish

beräknades

"Beräknades" in English means "was calculated" or "was estimated."

In a sentence

Kostnaden för projektet beräknades vara mycket hög.
The cost of the project was estimated to be very high.
In this sentence, 'beräknades' is used as a past passive form of the verb 'beräkna', meaning 'was estimated', showing how the cost was calculated or approximated in the context of a project.
Antalet besökare beräknades till över tusen personer.
The number of visitors was estimated to be over one thousand people.
'Beräknades' here expresses the action of estimation in the past, turning the verb 'beräkna' into its passive form to illustrate the number of visitors being calculated.
Leveranstiden beräknades till två dagar.
The delivery time was calculated to be two days.
This usage of 'beräknades' as a passive voice indicates how the delivery time was determined or approximated in the given context.

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