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Meaning of patiess | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2 Frequent

Definitions

  1. true, sincere, authentic (one who expresses one's real feelings, thoughts; used for expressing one's real feelings)
  2. true, right, correct (such that it reflects reality)
  3. true, real, genuine (such that it exists in reality)
  4. true, actual, genuine (not apparent or superficial)
  5. true, real, genuine (such that it corresponds to certain ideals or requirements)

Equivalents

English sincere

Examples

“patiess, vienkāršs puisis”

a sincere, simple guy

“cilvēkam visur un vienmēr jābūt patiesam, jābūt tādam, kāds viņš ir, jāsaka tas, ko viņš domā”

a man must always and everywhere be true, just as he is, he must say what he thinks

“Grundonis bija ieraudzījis savu paziņu... puisi ar patiesām acīm, kuras visos raudzījās tieši, neslēpdamās un nemaskēdamās”

Grundonis had seen his friend... a guy with true, sincere eyes, who saw truly in everything, not deceiving, not masking anything

“patiess spriedums”

right judgment

“patiesa doma”

right, correct thought

“patiess stāsts”

true story

“patiesas ziņas”

true news

“patiesa liecība”

true, correct testimony

“ar izteikumu jāsaprot jebkurš apgalvojums (spriedums, teikums, ziņojums), kas var būt patiess vai aplams”

under declaration we understand any statement (judgement, sentence, announcement) that may be true or false

“patiess dzīves notikums”

a true, real life event

“patiesi fakti”

true, real facts

“atklāt savu patieso seju”

to reveal one's true face (= nature)

“slimnīcā viņu bez apstājas bija vajājuši visi iespējamie trokšņi, patiesi un iedomāti”

in hospital he was ceaselessly persecuted by all possible noises, (both) real and imaginary

“patiesais attālums”

the true, actual distance

“patiesais apvārsnis”

the true, actual horizon

“slēpt patieso stāvokli”

to hide the true condition, situation

“noskaidrot kāda patieso nolūku”

to find out someone's true intentions

“pēc klīniskās jeb relatīvās nāves iestājas bioloģiskā jeb patiesa nāve, kad atdzīvināšana vairs nav iespējama”

after clinical or relative death there comes the biological or true, actual death, when resuscitation is no longer possible

“patiesa jaunrāde”

true, genuine creativity

“patiesas jūtas”

true, genuine feelings

“patiess satraukums”

true, genuine excitement

“patiesa draudzība”

true, genuine friendship

“klausīties ar patiesu interesi”

to listen with genuine interest

“patiesu draugu meklē un skaties pelēkās, grūtās, vientuļās dienās”

one looks for a true friend in the gray, difficult, lonely days

“patiesu tiesu cilvēks var nest par sevi, bet tomēr tā neviens nedara”

one can do true justice to oneself; however, no one does that

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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