Meaning of dzelt | Babel Free
[dzɛ̂lt]Definitions
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to sting (to stab with a stinger) intransitive, third-person, transitive, usually
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to sting (to cause pain, to hurt, to harm) intransitive, third-person, transitive, usually
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to sting (to cause pain, skin redness, or to hurt with a stinger or some needle-like growth) intransitive, third-person, transitive, usually
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to sting (to cause a sore, burning sensation) intransitive, third-person, transitive, usually
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to sting (to cause a feeling of irritation or of agitation) intransitive, third-person, transitive, usually
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to sting (to cause unpleasant feelings with words or behavior, to offend) intransitive, transitive
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to sting (to express a negative attitude, to offend, to upset) intransitive, transitive
Equivalents
Examples
“bites, lapsenes, odi dzeļ”
bees, wasps, mosquitoes sting
“lapsene dzeļ pirkstā”
the wasp stings the finger (lit. in the finger)
“skorpioni nekož, bet dzeļ ar dzeloni, kas atrodas ķermeņa astes galā”
scorpions don't bite, they sting with a stinger placed at the end of their body
“tā kā viņš nebaidījās no bitēm, tad bites viņu arī nedzēla”
since he wasn't afraid of bees, the bees also didn't sting him
“dzeļ vācu zirgiem sānos pieši”
the side spurs stung the German horses
“Maldavs tikai pūta un elsa, it kā ādas pātagas dzeltu viņa paša muguru”
Maldvas only panted and gasped, as if the leather whip had stung his own back
“var ienaidnieka lodes nežēlīgi dzelt”
enemy bullets can sting so cruelly
“nātres dzeļ rokās”
nettles sting the hand (lit. in the hand, arm)
“nedzel mani tu, nātrīte”
don't sting me, little nettles
“lokanie zari sitās sejā, un skuju adatas sāpīgi dzēla vaigos”
flexible branches hit the face, and pine needles painfully stung the cheeks (lit. in the cheeks)
“kā nātres vārdi dzeļ”
like nettles, words (can) sting
“asāk sejās dzeļ vējš”
the wind is stinging more sharply in the face
“Ilmeņa vēji dzeļ seju”
the wind of Ilmenis stings the face
“kodīgs sals dzēla sejā un locekļos”
the corrosive frost stung in the face and limbs
“aukstums dzeļ vaigus un zodu”
the cold stings the cheeks and chin
“Staļingrada! tava uguns dvaša tūkstoš jūdzēm tālu sejā dzeļ”
Stalingrad! your fiery breath stings in the face (even) a thousand miles away
“sarkanas lentītes vien spīd; tā dzeļ, tā dzeļ acīs”
the little red ribbons just shine; they sting, they sting in the eyes
“brūna krāsa ir silta, ne tā kā zilā; dzeļ un stindzina ar ledus vēsumu”
the brown color is cold, not like the green (color); it stings and numbs with icy coolness
““nemēro visus pie sevis!” Mirdzai gribējās dzelt šim lielīgajam puisim”
“don't measure everyone by yourself (= by your standards)!” Mirdzai wanted to sting this swaggering young man
“īsais teiciens recenzijā dzēla vairāk, nekā to būtu darījis plašs apcerējums”
a short sentence in the review stung more than an extensive treatise would
“viņas asā, žultainā mēle spēja dzelt daudz sāpīgāk nekā rīkstes cirtiens”
her sharp, bitter tonge was able to sting much more painfully than
“veltīgas skumjas un veltīgas sāpes vairs neiesprēj dzelt”
futile sadness and futile pain can no longer sting
“mātes ļaunums un naids dzeļ daudz sāpīgāk par svešnieka nievām”
the mother's evil and hatred stings much more painfully than the scorn of strangers
“viņa runāja asi, un viņas acis dzēla”
she spoke sharply, and her eyes were stinging
“niknām acīm viņa dzēla pie galda sēdošos valdes vīrus”
with wild, angry eyes she stung the men of the Board, sitting at the table
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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