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Meaning of raksturs | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR C2 Standard
[ɾakstuɾs]

Definitions

  1. character, temperament, personality, nature (set of psychological and mental features typical of a certain individual, as revealed in his/her actions and behavior)
    declension-1, masculine
  2. character, temperament, nature (set of psychological and metal features that reflect the deeper nature of an individual, an animal)
    declension-1, masculine
  3. character, nature (set of features that distinguish something from other similar entities)
    declension-1, masculine

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Examples

“dažādi raksturi”

different personalities

“maigs raksturs”

a gentle character, nature

“taisnīgs raksturs”

a righteous character, nature

“skarbs raksturs”

harsh character, nature

“ideāls raksturs”

ideal, perfect character

“rakstura īpašības”

character features

“rakstura diagnostika”

character diagnosis

“līdzsvarots raksturs”

a balanced character, personality

“māksliniekam jārāda tēli ar tipiskiem raksturiem”

an arist must show characters with typical personalities

“mums abiem bija gluži pretēji raksturi: Harijs - drosmīgs, atjautīgs, skaļš, es - pabailīgs, bikls un ļoti kluss”

the two of us had very different characters: Harijs (is) brave, resourceful, loud, (while) I (am) fearful, timid and very quiet

“cilvēks ar raksturu”

a person of character

“viņam ir vājš raksturs”

he has a weak character

“viņam nav rakstura”

he has no character

“audzināt raksturu”

to educate (one's) character

“agresīva rakstura dzīvnieki”

animals of aggressive character

“miermīlīga rakstura putni”

birds of peaceful character

“tas bija tāds raksturs, kas ne mirkli nespēja palikt mierā”

he had such a temperament that he couldn't stand still for a minute

“publicistiska rakstura darbs”

work of journalistic nature

“pedagoģiska rakstura grāmata”

a book of pedagogical nature

“viņa augstu vērtē Ausekļa un viņa laikabiedru romantisma atkīvo, demokrātisko raksturu”

she appreciated Auseklis' and his contemporaries' romantic, active, democratic character, nature

“rekrūšu dziesmām pa lielākai daļai ir skumjš raksturs”

recruits' songs have for the most part a sad character

“Svētupei kādreiz bijis citāds raksturs”

once (in the past) Svētupe had a strange character

“medībām mūsu rapublikā ir sportisks raksturs”

in our republic, hunting has the character of a sport

“dažādi ir ceļi un līdzekļi, kurus mēs izmantojam, lai noskaidrotu slimības raksturu un būtību”

various are the ways and means which we use to determine the nature and essence of a disease

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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