No. 2,972 in Swedish
To search for information on the internet using the Google search engine.
In a sentence
Jag googlade för att hitta en restaurang.
I googled to find a restaurant.
Here, 'googla' is used as a verb, meaning to search information on Google, showing its widespread adoption into Swedish vernacular.
Har du googlat vem som vann tävlingen?
Have you googled who won the competition?
In this case, 'googla' is in the perfect tense, reflecting inquiry about someone having performed a Google search.
När jag behöver information, brukar jag googla det.
When I need information, I usually google it.
Here, 'googla' is indicative of a habitual action where the subject performs Google searches regularly to obtain information.
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