No. 437 in Swedish
resa
"Resa" means "travel" or "journey" in English.
In a sentence
Vi planerar att resa till Italien nästa sommar.
We are planning to travel to Italy next summer.
The word 'resa' is used here as a verb meaning 'to travel'.
Min resa till jobbet tar vanligtvis en timme.
My trip to work usually takes one hour.
The word 'resa' is used as a noun here, referring to a 'trip' or 'journey'.
Matilda har skrivit en bok om sin livs resa.
Matilda has written a book about her life's journey.
In this sentence, 'resa' is metaphorically used as a noun to refer to a 'journey' in a figurative sense, such as life experiences.
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