No. 4,420 in Swedish
turbulens
"Turbulens" in Swedish means "turbulence" in English, referring to chaotic or unstable movement, often in air or water, or figuratively, disorder or unrest.
In a sentence
Flygplanet upplevde kraftig turbulens under resan.
The airplane experienced severe turbulence during the journey.
In this sentence, 'turbulens' is used to describe the physical phenomenon of unstable airflow affecting the airplane.
Det har varit mycket politisk turbulens i landet nyligen.
There has been a lot of political turbulence in the country recently.
Here, 'turbulens' is employed metaphorically to describe a state of instability and conflict in political matters.
Diskussionen skapade social turbulens bland deltagarna.
The discussion created social turbulence among the participants.
In this context, 'turbulens' denotes metaphorical instability or unrest resulting from interpersonal dynamics.
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