No. 4,123 in Swedish

påbörjade

"Started" or "initiated."

In a sentence

Han påbörjade sin resa mot Stockholm igår.
He began his journey to Stockholm yesterday.
The verb 'påbörjade' here means 'began' or 'started.' It is the simple past tense form of 'påbörja,' used to describe the initiation of an activity.
Jag påbörjade boken men hann inte läsa klart den.
I started the book but did not finish reading it.
In this sentence, 'påbörjade' refers to the commencement of reading a book, emphasizing that the activity was initiated but not completed.
De påbörjade en renovering av huset förra månaden.
They started renovation of the house last month.
Here, 'påbörjade' is used in the context of starting a specific project or task, explicitly referring to the action of initiating renovations.

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