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Meaning of baltais lācis | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A polar bear: a member of species Ursus maritimus.
    declension-2, masculine
  2. Punitive exile to Siberia or other far north areas of Russia.
    declension-2, idiomatic, masculine, plural-normally

Equivalents

English polar bear

Examples

“par šādu noziegumu draudēja ceļojums pie baltajiem lāčiem”

for such a crime one could be exiled to Siberia (lit. threatened with a trip to the polar bears)

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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