Meaning of pelnīt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to be paid, to earn (to receive payment for work, for doing something)
   transitive
2. to earn, to deserve (to be such that one should receive, e.g., recognition, praise, blame, guilt, etc.)
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“pelnīt lielu naudu”

to earn a lot of money

“pelnīt maizi, iztiku”

to earn bread, a livelihood

“cik viņš pelna mēnesī?”

how much does he earn per month?

“viņš jau strādāja un pelnīja”

he was already working and being paid

“Krišus pelnīja piecdesmit kapeiku dienā, un no viņa algas vajadzēja iztikt mātei un abiem brāļiem”

Krišus earned fifty kopeks per day, and from his pay his mother and his two brothers had to live

“Mintauts labi pelna, viņš noteikti ir arī šo to iekrājis”

Mintauts earns well, he also certainly (managed to) save some (money)

“pelnīt rājienu, pērienu”

to deserve, to earn a reprimand, a beating

“pelnīt piecinieku”

to deserve, to earn an A (lit. 5) grades

“tas pelna ievērību, nosodījumu”

this deserves attention, condemnation

“māte ir pelnījusi cieņu un mīlestību”

mother deserves respect and love

“viņš to nav pelnījis”

he hasn't earned, doesn't deserve that

“ko pelnījis, to dabūjis”

he got what he earned, deserved

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