Meaning of kurpnieks | Babel Free
Definitions
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cobbler, shoemaker (craftsman who makes or repairs shoes, boots, sandals and other footwear) declension-1, masculine
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a game in which there is a dialogue between the participants and a person in the middle, at the end of which the person in the middle drops a stick and everybody changes places declension-1, masculine, plural-normally
Examples
“kurpnieku darbnīca”
cobbler workshop
“kurpnieku meistars, māceklis”
master, apprentice cobbler
“viņa skatījās uz manām kurpēm un teica, ka būšot drīz jau cauras, vajagot pie laika dot kurpniekam”
she looked at my shoes and said that they would soon have holes and (that) it would be necessary to take (lit. give) them to the cobbler's
“iet kurpniekos”
to play this game (lit. to go in the cobblers)
“pa vakariem visi gāja kurpniekos un citās rotaļās”
in the evenings everybody played (lit. went in the) cobblers and other games
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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