Meaning of lasīt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to read (to perceive and understand written language, a word, sentence, text, etc.)
   transitive
2. to read (to understand the meaning of symbols, signs, pictures, plans, etc.)
   transitive
3. to read (to sense, to perceive through its external manifestations) (of mental states)
   transitive
4. to read, to lecture (to express, to communicate, to explain (a topic) in a lecture, presentation, etc.; to teach a topic (e.g., at a university)) (of topics, subjects)
   transitive
5. to read, to recite (to read aloud, following the meter and rhyme) (of poems)
   transitive
6. to pick, to collect, by plucking or from the ground, usually one at a time
   transitive
7. to pick from, to take out of (somewhere), usually one at a time
   transitive
8. to gather, to collect
   rare, transitive
9. to gather (people)
   rare, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“prast lasīt un rakstīt”

to know how to read and write

“lasīt par arhitektūru”

to read about architecture

“lasīt daiļliteratūru”

to read fiction

“lasīt avīzes”

to read newspapers

“lasīt romānu, dzejoli”

to read a novel

“lasīt rakstu žurnālā”

to read an article in a magazine

“lasīt paziņojumu, uzrakstu”

to read a statement, an inscription

“lasīt ēdienu karti”

to read the menu

“lasīt balsī, skaļi”

to read aloud

“lasīt priekšā”

to read aloud (to an audience)

“viņš daudz lasa”

he reads a lot

“esmu lasījis, ka salas esot ļoti skaistas”

I have read that the islands are very beautiful

“vēstuli vajadzēja lasīt divas reizes”

one has to read the letter twice

“vai viņš arī patiesi lasīja vai tik grāmatā skatījās, tas nav zināms”

whether he really was reading or only looking at the book was not clear

“Ģirts lasa medicīniskajās grāmatās nodaļas par galvas traumām”

Ģirts is reading the chapter on head injuries in the medical book

“Kad zēnu aizveda uz skolu, viņš jau brīvi lasīja un rēķināja”

when they (first) sent the boy to school, he (could) already read and do math well

“lasīt rasējumu”

to read the blueprints

“lasīt notis, partitūru”

to read notes (or sheet music), a (musical) score

“lasīt pēdas sniegā”

to read footprints in the snow

“prast lasīt jūras kartes”

to know how to read nautical charts

“lasīt starp rindām”

to read between the lines (i.e. to understand the implied, but not overtly expressed, meaning of a text)

“lasīt domas”

to read (or guess) (someone's) thoughts

“lasīt dvēselē, sirdī”

to read in (someone's) soul, heart (i.e. to understand someone's feelings)

“es lasu viņa sejā nožēlu un to, ka viņš jūtas ļoti nepatīkami”

I read the regret in his face, and the fact that he feels very uncomfortable

“lasīt leksikogrāfiju”

to teach (lit. read) lexicography

“etnogrāfijas kurss Latvijas Universitātē līdz 1938. gadam netika lasīts”

the ethnography course of the University of Latvia was not taught (lit. read) until 1938

“pašlaik dzejnieks jau lasa lekciju universitātē par mūsdienu kritikas jautājumiem”

the poet currently reads lectures (or teaches) at the university on contemporary issues of criticism

“man patiesībā ir neērti, jums te lasīt sprediķi”

I am actually embarrassed to be preaching (lit. reading) you a sermon

““Tēt, lūdzu, tikai nelasi lekciju!” Rita iesaucas”

“dad, please, just don't preach (lit. read a lecture),” Rita exclaims

“aktieri lasīja dzeju”

the actors read (or recited) poetry

“Lidija Freimane vācu skatītājiem viņu dzimtajā valodā lasīja Plūdoņa “Atraitnes dēlu””

Lidija Freimane read (or recited) Plūdonis' “The Widow's Son” to the German audience in their native language (i.e. in German)

“lasīt ogas, sēnes”

to pick berries, mushrooms

“lasīt nokritušos ābolus”

to pick the fallen apples

“lasīt mežā žagarus”

to pick, gather twigs in the forest

“māte lasīs mežā sēnes”

mother will pick mushrooms in the forest

“viņa lasīja zālītes un saknes, ar ko ārstēt slimniekus”

she picked (or collected) herbs and roots with which (she could) treat the sick

“pēcpusdienā puikas lasa nokritušās ozola zīles”

in the afternoon the boys gathered the fallen acorns

“strazdi un zvirbuļi staigā turpat aiz mums un lasa sliekas un kukainīšus”

the starlings and sparrows walk right behind us and pick earthworms and little insects

“lasīt ārā graudus no pelavām”

to pick, take the grains (of wheat) from the chaff

“lasīt no kastes lielākos ābolus”

to pick, take the biggest apples from the crate

“lasīt grozā ābolus”

to pick apples (and put them) in a basket

“lasīt kartupeļus maisā”

to pick potatoes (from the ground and put them) in a bag

“es lasīju no viņas matiem nobirušos ziedus”

I picked the flowers that had fallen on her hair

“mana māte mazgāja buržujiem veļu un grīdas, lasīja pa pagalmiem lupatas, kaulus, pudeles, vecas kalošas”

my mother washed the bourgeois' clothes and floor, (and) collected rags, bones, bottles (and) old footwear from the courtyards

“(viņš) kopā lasa pulku”

(he) gathers the regiment together

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