Meaning of paprika | Babel Free

Definitions

1. sweet pepper, bell pepper (non-spicy type or cultivar of pepper, esp. Capsicum annuum)
   declension-1, masculine
2. locative singular of paprika
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
3. sweet pepper (the green, yellow or red fruits of this plant, eaten as vegetables; also, a condiment powder made from these fruits)
   declension-1, masculine, plural

Equivalents

Examples

“paprikas augļi”

fruits of the sweet pepper (plant)

“paprika dienvidos ir puskrūms, bet Latvijā to audzē kā viengadīgu augu”

in the south, sweet pepper is a perennial bush (= plant), but in Latvia it is grown as an annual plant

“paprikas dzimtene ir Amerikas kontinenta tropu rajoni”

the native land of sweet peppers are the tropical regions of the American continent

“gaļu sagriež gabaliņos, apcep taukvielā, liek katlā, pievieno papriku”

cut the meat into small pieces, fry in a fat substance (= butter or margarine), put it in a pot (and) add paprika

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