No. 4,905 in Swedish

blanco

"Blanco" in Swedish means "blank" or "empty," often referring to an empty form or space.

In a sentence

Jag tog ett lån på blanco för att köpa en ny bil.
I took an unsecured loan to buy a new car.
Here, 'blanco' refers to an 'unsecured loan', indicating a financial product without collateral.
Han skrev sitt tal på blanco utan att göra skisser.
He wrote his speech from scratch without making drafts.
In this sentence, 'blanco' is used metaphorically to mean starting 'from scratch', without preparations or outlines.
Hon lämnade provsvaren blanco eftersom hon inte visste svaren.
She left the test answers blank because she didn't know the answers.
Here, 'blanco' denotes 'blank', indicating emptiness or lack of input.

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