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Meaning of silmätä | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
/ˈsilmætæˣ/

Määritelmät

  1. to glance (to look at something quickly)
    transitive
  2. to give the evil eye.
    transitive

Vastineet

English glance

Esimerkit

“(voidaan esim. sanoa yhtä hyvin joko »koira on lumottu» tai »koira on silmätty», kun se on maagisesti tehty haukkumattomaksi)”

(it can for example be equally said that "the dog is enchanted" or "the dog has been given the evil eye" when it has been magically prevented from barking)

“1935, Juho Villanen, "7196 a." in J. Lukkarinen (ed.), Suomen kansan vanhat runot VI(2) (collected by Onni Pesonen). https://skvr.fi/poems?page=1&per-page=10&textnorm&metanorm&refsnorm&id=skvr06171961#%7B%22types%22:%22t060400_0080%22%7D. Jos mikä tahansa työ epäonnistui jonkun vieraan läsnäollessa, sanottiin heti: Sie silemäsit sen.”

If any work failed in the presence of some guest, one immediately said: "You gave it the evil eye".

CEFR-taso

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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