No. 1,821 in Swedish

gratis

Free of charge.

In a sentence

De erbjuder gratis kaffe till alla kunder.
They offer free coffee to all customers.
In this sentence, 'gratis' means 'free' as in 'without cost', used as an adjective to describe the coffee being offered.
Jag fick biljetten gratis eftersom jag hjälpte till att organisera evenemanget.
I got the ticket for free since I helped organize the event.
Here, 'gratis' is used adverbially, meaning 'without payment' or 'without cost', describing how the ticket was obtained.
Det är alltid trevligt att få något gratis.
It is always nice to receive something for free.
In this example, 'gratis' modifies the pronoun 'något' ('something') to imply that the thing received is without charge or payment.

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