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Meaning of purvains | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

swampy, boggy, marshy, miry (characterized by swampy land)

Equivalents

Български блатист
Català pantanós
English Boggy Marshy Swampy
Esperanto marĉa
Español cenagoso pantanoso
Suomi soinen
Français marécageux
Gaeilge abarach
Galego brañento
Italiano paludoso
Latviešu muklains mukls staigns
Nederlands drassig zompig
Português pantanoso
Kiswahili chepechepe

Examples

“purvainās augsnes”

swampy soil

“purvains apgabals”

marshy area

“pļavas bija ļoti purvainas, jo pavasaros tās appludināja Babītes ezera ūdeņi”

the meadows were very swampy, because they flooded by the water of lake Babīte

CEFR level

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

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