No. 12,279 in Swedish
sek
"SEK" is the abbreviation for the Swedish currency, the Swedish krona.
In a sentence
Jag betalade 100 sek för den här boken.
I paid 100 SEK for this book.
Here, 'sek' refers to the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona, Sweden's currency.
Kan du ge mig en sek att tänka?
Can you give me a second to think?
In this sentence, 'sek' is used colloquially to mean 'a second' or a very short amount of time.
Musikstycket har ett lugnt tempo på 60 sek per minut.
The piece of music has a calm tempo of 60 beats per minute.
In this context, 'sek' is part of a measurement indicating tempo, where SEK could be misinterpreted but clarified as 'seconds'.
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