Meaning of runāt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to speak, to talk (to express oneself with language)
   intransitive, transitive
2. to speak in a certain language
   intransitive, transitive
3. to tell, to speak, to pronounce
   intransitive, transitive
4. to talk (to someone), to converse, to communicate orally (with someone)
   intransitive, transitive
5. to talk, to say, to speak, to express (e.g., writing, a work of art)
   intransitive, transitive
6. to talk, to speak, to say (to provide information; to be such that one can get or deduce information from it)
   intransitive, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“jautri runāt”

to talk merrily, cheerfully

“dedzīgi runāt”

to talk eagerly, fierily

“runāt mierīgi”

to speak calmly, quietly

“runāt skaidri, klusi”

to speak clearly, softly

“runāt pa telefonu”

to speak on the telephone

“es sāku runāt”

I began to talk

“mācīt bērnu runāt”

to teach a child to speak

“runāt latviski, franciski”

to speak Latvian, French

“runāt taisnību”

to tell the truth

“runāt glaimus”

to speak flatteries

“runāt melus”

to tell lies

“runāt dedzīgus vārdus”

to speak, pronounce eager, enthusiastic words

“nav ko runāt”

there is nothing to talk (about)

“tēvs ir grūtu mūžu nodzīvojis, un viņš niekus nerunās”

father has lived a difficult life, he won't speak nonsense

“Nora prot izteiksmīgi runāt dzejoļus”

Nora can say, read poems eloquently

“runāt savā starpā”

to talk to each other

“runāt ar draugu”

to talk to a friend

“plašā apkārtnē par kāzām runāja rītā un vakarā”

(people from) all around talked day and night about the weading

“pie tēva atnāca zvejas biedrs, viņi runāja, ka vajadzētu iemest vakar izžautos tīklus”

a fellow fisherman came to father, they talked (about the fact) that it would be necessary to throw the net that had been hung out

“A. Upīts savā lugā bija pateicis kaut ko tādu, par ko līdz tam nebija runājuši latviešu dramaturgi”

A. Upīts had said in his play something about which Latvian playwrights had not talked until then

“ir neliela dziesmu grupa, kas runā par draudzīgām attieksmēm ar poļiem, leišiem, igauņiem”

there is a small group of songs that speak of friendly attitudes towards the Poles, the Lithuanians, the Estonians

“krāsām uz audekla jārunā pašām, jārunā tā, lai nosaukums kļūst lieks”

the colors on the canvass must speak by themselves, they must speak in such a way that the name becomes unnecessary

“aktrise spēlē arī klusējot; viņas klusums ir sprieguma pilns, jo uz skatītāju runā acu izteiksme, sejas vaibsti, rokas un augums”

an actress plays also in silence; her silence is full of tension, because her eye expression, her facial features, her hand and posture speak to the viewers

“izskaidrot, kas īsti te noticis, nebija laika, bet tas nemaz nebija vajadzīgs: Makša izskats runāja pats par sevi”

there was no time to explain what had really happened here, but this wasn't necessary: Makšs' appearance spoke by itself

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