Meaning of betjäna | Babel Free

Definitioner

1. to serve, to wait on
   transitive
2. to make use (usually with av (“of”))
   reflexive

Exempel

“Vi betjänar över trehundra kunder varje dag.”

We serve over three hundred customers every day.

“[Hon] hade [blivit] betjänad som en kungadotter.”

She had been waited on like a king's daughter.

“Vem är störst, den som ligger till bords eller den som betjänar honom?”

Who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves him?

“Statliga institutioner betjänade inte obeslöjade kvinnor, taxi- och busschaufförer som körde dem fick betala böter och affärer sålde inte varor till dem.”

State institutions did not serve unveiled women, taxi and bus drivers who transported them had to pay fines, and shops did not sell goods to them.

“[Vem skulle inte] vilja betjäna sig av en man, som har så [mycket] erfarenhet[?]”

Who wouldn't want to make use of a man who has so much experience?

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