No. 13,572 in Swedish

vaktades

"Vaktades" means "was guarded" or "was watched" in English.

In a sentence

Slottet vaktades noggrant av vakterna dag och natt.
The castle was carefully guarded by the guards day and night.
The word "vaktades" is used in its passive form here, indicating that the action of guarding was being performed, focusing on the object receiving the action (the castle).
Museets målningar vaktades för att skydda dem från stöld.
The museum's paintings were guarded to protect them from theft.
In this sentence, "vaktades" shows passive usage, emphasizing the safeguarding action applied to the paintings, with no explicit agent mentioned.
Under evenemanget vaktades gästerna av säkerhetspersonal.
During the event, the guests were guarded by security personnel.
Here, "vaktades" conveys that the guests were the object of the guarding action, with "säkerhetspersonal" as the agents specified.

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