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Meaning of ātrums | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1 Frequent
[ˈāːtɾums]

Definitions

  1. speed, velocity (property of motion, defined by the distance covered in a unit amount of time)
  2. speed, rapidity, rate
  3. in a hurry, hurriedly
  4. gear

Equivalents

العربية مستعجل مستعجل
Български бързина
বাংলা জলদি
Català a corre-cuita
Čeština spěšně
Cymraeg ar frys
Esperanto rapideco
עברית זריז
Bahasa Indonesia buru-buru
한국어 급속 허둥지둥 후다닥
Latviešu straujums
Português com pressa
Română rapiditate
ไทย อุตลุด
Tagalog bilis tulin
Українська нашвидку
Tiếng Việt lật đật vội vội vã vội vàng

Examples

“skrējiena ātrums”

race speed

“skaņas ātrums”

speed of sound

“gaismas ātrums”

speed of light

“kosmiskais ātrums”

escape (lit. cosmic) velocity

“ātruma rādītājs, spidometrs”

speed indicator, speedometer

“uzņemt ātrums”

to pick up, to increase speed

“zibens ātruma bezdelīgas šaujas no mājām uz lauku”

with lightning speed the swallows flew (lit. shot) from home to the field

“elpošanas ātrums”

breathing rate

“pulsācijas ātrums”

pulse, pulsation rate

“zivju augšanas ātrums”

fish growth rate

“uztveres ātrums”

perceptual speed

“viss norisinājās neiedomājamā ātrumā”

everything happened at an incredible speed

“ātrumā aizmirst ko pateikt”

to forget what to say in a hurry

“ātrumā kļūdīties”

to make a mistake in a hurry, hurriedly

“braukt ar trešo ātrumu”

to ride in, with the third gear

“pārslēgt ātrumu”

to shift gears

“šoferis pārslēdza ātrumu, lai mašīna straujāk ripotu uz priekšu”

the driver shifted gears, so that the car would ride forward faster

CEFR level

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