No. 1,072 in Swedish
olja
Oil.
In a sentence
Jag använder olja när jag steker mat.
I use oil when I fry food.
In this sentence, 'olja' refers to cooking oil used for frying food.
Det finns olja under den här marken.
There is oil beneath this land.
Here, 'olja' refers to natural petroleum oil found underground.
Jag måste smörja cykelkedjan med olja.
I need to lubricate the bicycle chain with oil.
In this example, 'olja' is used to describe lubricating oil for maintaining mechanical parts.
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