No. 2,641 in Swedish
sambo
"Sambo" in Swedish refers to a person who lives together with a partner in a long-term, unmarried cohabitation.
In a sentence
Min sambo och jag delar allt i hemmet.
My live-in partner and I share everything in the home.
Here, 'sambo' is used to refer to a person with whom one cohabitates in a relationship without being married.
Jag flyttade ihop med min sambo för ett år sedan.
I moved in with my live-in partner a year ago.
In this sentence, 'sambo' denotes the speaker's partner with whom they are sharing a household.
Att vara sambo innebär att vi delar ansvaret för hemmet.
Being cohabiting partners means that we share the responsibility for the home.
The word 'sambo' here describes the status or arrangement of cohabitation between partners.
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