This is the 7830th most frequent Swedish word.
uppemot
"Uppemot" means "up to" or "almost."
In this sentence, 'uppemot' is used to approximate a value, suggesting a quantity that is near but not necessarily exactly equal to five hundred.
Det var uppemot femhundra personer på konserten.
There were up to five hundred people at the concert.
Here, 'uppemot' indicates a maximum distance that he might have run, emphasizing the extent or range of the action.
Han sprang uppemot tre kilometer på mindre än femton minuter.
He ran up to three kilometers in less than fifteen minutes.
In this example, 'uppemot' denotes an upper limit in degree, highlighting the extremity of the temperature increase.