No. 829 in Swedish
starta
To start or to initiate.
In a sentence
Jag ska starta bilen.
I am going to start the car.
Here, 'starta' is used to indicate beginning the operation of a machine, in this case, a car.
De planerar att starta ett nytt företag.
They plan to start a new company.
In this instance, 'starta' denotes establishing or initiating a new endeavor, namely a company.
Vi får inte starta spelet förrän alla är redo.
We must not start the game until everyone is ready.
Here, 'starta' is employed to introduce the commencement of an activity, which is the game.
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