No. 6,973 in Swedish

playa

The Swedish word "playa" means "beach" in English.

In a sentence

Jag tycker om att sola på en lugn playa.
I like sunbathing on a quiet beach.
Here, 'playa' is used to mean 'beach,' borrowed from Spanish and sometimes used in Swedish.
Han försökte playa mig, men jag förstod hans knep.
He tried to play me, but I understood his trick.
In this context, 'playa' is slang, derived from English meaning to deceive or manipulate someone.
Vi ska organisera ett stort event på playaen i sommar.
We will organize a big event on the beach this summer.
'Playa' is used again here meaning 'beach' with 'playaen' as the proper Swedish declension.

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