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Meaning of bail | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR A2 Common
[bâjl]

Definitions

afraid, scared (in the mental state typical of fear)

Equivalents

العربية خائف فزعان مذعور
Български уплашен
Bosanski tima
Cymraeg ofnus
Dansk bange ræd
Esperanto tima timigita
हिन्दी भयभीत
Hrvatski tima
Magyar ijedt
Հայերեն վախեցած
Bahasa Indonesia kaget
Íslenska hræddur
日本語 怖い 脅えた
ქართული შეშინებული
ខ្មែរ ខ្លាច
한국어 무서워하는
Kurdî bang tima
Lëtzebuergesch baang
Latviešu bailīgs
Македонски исплашен
Nederlands bang bangelijk lafhartig
Српски tima
Svenska rädd
ไทย หวาด
Українська зляканий
Tiếng Việt sợ hãi

Examples

“viņam ir bail no suņiem”

he is afraid of dogs

“zēnam kļūst bail”

the boy becomes afraid

“bail, ka nesaaukstējas”

he is afraid of catching a cold

“bail no aukstuma, no ūdens”

afraid of heights, of water

“bail svešu ļaužu”

afraid of strangers

“bail skatīties lejup”

afraid of looking down

“bērnam bail runāt ar svešiem”

the child is afraid of talking to strangers

“man tā vēja bail: tas nolauza manu egli”

I am afraid of that wind: it broke my spruce tree

“man metas bail, ka tiešām Hibšs nekļūst traks”

I suddenly became afraid that Hibšs of all people might go crazy

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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