No. 1,179 in Swedish

bo

"Bo" in Swedish means "to live" or "to reside."

In a sentence

Jag vill bo i Stockholm.
I want to live in Stockholm.
In this sentence, 'bo' ('live') is used as a verb indicating residence.
Vi brukade bo i en liten by.
We used to live in a small village.
Here 'bo' is used in past tense 'brukade bo', referring to residing in the village in the past.
De hoppas att få bo vid havet.
They hope to live by the sea.
'Bo' is again used as a verb 'to live', indicating a place where one wants to reside.

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