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Meaning of kurpe | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR C2 Standard
[kūɾpɛ]

Definitions

  1. shoes (footwear made of strong, rigid material (e.g., leather) with heels and hard soles, covering the foot but not higher than the ankle)
    declension-5, feminine, plural-normally
  2. locative singular of kurpe
    feminine, form-of, locative, singular
  3. a component part which supports something else
    declension-5, feminine

Equivalents

English shoe

Examples

“vīriešu vasaras kurpes”

men's summer shoes

“sieviešu ielas kurpes”

women's street shoes

“augstpapēžu kurpes”

high-heeled shoes

“rīta kurpes”

slippers (lit. morning shoes)

“kurpes ar sprādzi”

shoes with a buckle

“kurpju auklas”

shoe laces

“spodrināt kurpes”

to polish shoes

“novilkt kurpes”

to take off (one's) shoes

“baleta kurpes”

ballet shoes

“Kumuru ciema kurpniekam Mednītim nācās taisīt vairākus pārus kurpju”

Mednītis, the shoemaker of the village of Kumuru, had to make several pairs of shoes

“balsta iekšējā kurpe”

supporting internal shoe

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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