Meaning of cukurs | Babel Free

Definitions

1. sugar (white, crystalline powder used to sweeten drinks and foods)
   declension-1, masculine
2. sugar (organic substance of the carbohydrate group)
   declension-1, masculine, plural, singular

Equivalents

Examples

“biešu cukurs”

beet sugar

“niedru cukurs”

cane sugar

“smalkais cukurs”

granulated (lit. fine) sugar

“cukura graudiņi”

sugar cubes

“cukura sīrups”

sugar syrup

“dzert tēju ar cukuru”

to drink tea with sugar

“Mēs arvien dzērām tik saldu kafiju, ka cukurs vēl palika neizkusis krūzītes dibenā”

We always drank coffee so sweet, the sugar remained undissolved at the bottom of the cup.

“dabiskie cukuri”

natural sugars

“vienkāršie cukuri (monosaharīdi)”

simple sugars (monosaccharides)

“piena cukurs (laktoze)”

milk sugar (lactose)

“augļu cukurs (fruktoze)”

fruit sugar (fructose)

“vīnogu cukurs (glikoze)”

grape sugar (glucose)

“Cukuri labi šķīst ūdenī, un līdz ar to tie ātri izsūcas caur gremošanas orgānu sieniņām, ātri nokļūst asinīs un ātri var tikt izmantoti organismā.”

Sugars dissolve well in water; consequently, they are quickly absorbed through the walls of the digestive organs, quickly enter the bloodstream and can quickly be used in the organism.

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