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Meaning of matains | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. hairy (having abundant, long, usually neglected, unkempt, hair)
  2. hairy (where hair grows)
  3. hairy (having little hairs or hair-like appendages)
  4. hairy (having hairs or hair-like appendages)

Equivalents

العربية مشعر
Català cabellut
Dansk håret
Deutsch behaart haarig
English Hairy
Eesti karvane
Suomi karvainen
Français poilu
Galego peludo
עברית שעיר
Magyar szoros
Italiano peloso
Latina pilosus
Latviešu spalvains
Nederlands behaard harig
Português peludo
Русский волосатый
Svenska hårig
Türkçe kıllı

Examples

“viegla kā balts taurenis viņa lidinās apkārt krēslam, kurā sēž kāds bārdains vai matains vīrs”

light as a white butterfly, she hovered around the chair on which some bearded, hairy man was sitting

“vīrieši nolieca matainās galvas un plikos pakaušus”

the men bowed (their) hairy heads and naked (= hairless) napes

“sīlis iznīcina matainos kāpurus”

the jay (bird) destroyed the hairy caterpillars

“matainas lapas”

hairy leaves

“ārstnieciskā verbena ir nedaudz matains lakstaugs”

the medicinal verbena is a slightly hairy herbaceous plant

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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