mardröm

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1. a nightmare (distressing, often frightening dream)

   drömma mardrömmar om att bli jagad av ett läskigt monster

   have nightmares of being chased by a scary monster

   Hon har haft mardrömmar varje natt i en månad

   She has had nightmares every night for a month

2. (figuratively) a nightmare (very bad situation or experience)

   Vilken mardröm!

   What a nightmare!

Both "dream [drömma] a nightmare" and "have [ha] a nightmare" are idiomatic in Swedish, emphasizing either the dreaming or the having.

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