Meaning of aasta | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a year (a solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun: between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference)
2. a year (a period of about 12 months, starting at any moment)
3. the best (something) of a calendar year
   honorific, in-compounds
4. a year of one's lifetime; years old
5. for years
   in-plural, inessive

Equivalents

Examples

“mis aastal sa oled sündinud?”

what year were you born?

“head uut aastat!”

happy New Year!

“viimasest haigushoost on möödunud kaks aastat”

two years have passed since the last illness

“aasta album”

album of the year

“aasta õpetaja”

teacher of the year

“poiss on juba seitse aastat vana”

the boy is already seven years old

“kirikul on vanust üle 1000 aasta”

the church is over 1000 years old

“välimuse järgi otsustades on ta umbes neljakümnendates aastates”

judging by his appearance, he is in his forties

“astates papi vaarus kepi toel trepist üles”

for years papi climbed the stairs with the support of a cane

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