No. 3,977 in Swedish

minskas

"To decrease" or "to be reduced."

In a sentence

Antalet deltagare måste minskas för att följa säkerhetsregler.
The number of participants must be reduced to comply with safety regulations.
In this sentence, 'minskas' is used in its passive form to indicate that someone or something is reducing the quantity or size of the participants.
Föroreningarna i luften har minskats tack vare nya miljölagar.
The pollution in the air has been reduced thanks to new environmental laws.
Here, 'minskas' is in the passive form, implying that a certain entity is accomplishing the act of reducing pollution through their actions.
Om temperaturen fortsätter att minskas kan det påverka skörden negativt.
If the temperature continues to decrease, it could negatively affect the harvest.
In this example, 'minskas' reflects a natural or ongoing process where temperature levels are reducing, emphasized in the passive voice.

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