No. 4,113 in Swedish
professionella
"Professionella" means "professional" (plural) in English.
In a sentence
De professionella fotograferna arbetade snabbt.
The professional photographers worked quickly.
Here, 'professionella' serves as an adjective describing the noun 'fotograferna', specifying their expertise in photography.
Att vara professionella under svåra förhållanden är viktigt.
Being professional under difficult conditions is important.
In this sentence, 'professionella' functions as an adjective agreeing with the implied subject referring to people maintaining expert behavior.
Vi behöver anställa några professionella för detta projekt.
We need to hire some professionals for this project.
Here, 'professionella' operates as a substantive, describing individuals with expert-level capabilities within a certain field.
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