Meaning of salāts | Babel Free

Definitions

1. lettuce (herbaceous plant of the family Asteraceae, esp. Lactuca sativa, cultivated for its edible leaves)
   declension-1, masculine
2. lettuce (the edible leaves of this plant)
   declension-1, masculine, plural, usually
3. salad (food consisting of fresh or cooked vegetables, perhaps with meat or fish, all cut together and served with sauce, oil, or vinegar)
   declension-1, masculine, plural, usually

Examples

“dārza salāts”

garden lettuce

“lapu salāts”

leafy lettuce

“salāti kā kultūra Eiropā parādījās 16. gadsimta vidū, bet senajiem grieķiem, romiešiem un ēģiptiešiem tie jau bija zināmi”

lettuce as culture (= planted) appeared in Europe in the middle o the 16th century, but it was already known to (ancient) Greeks, Romans and Egyptions before that

“sagriezt salātus”

to cut, chop the lettuce

“sestdien cepta karaša, gabals saziedējušas rupjmaizes un ar krējumu un rūgušpienu sataisīti salāti”

on Satudary, (there is) baked flatbread, a piece of hardened rye bread and lettuce prepared with cream and curd milk

“dārzeņu, biešu, burkānu salāti”

vegetable, beet, carrot salad

“augļu salāti”

fruit salad

“sēņu salāti”

mushroom salad

“gaļas salāti”

meat salad

“salātu trauks”

salad bowl

“izmērcētas pupiņas novāra, gurķus sarīvē skaidās, tomātus sagriež šķēlītēs, lokus sīki sasmalcina... visas salātu sastāvdaļas samaisa...”

one cooks the seasoned beans, one cuts the cucumbers into slivers, the tomatoes into slices, the chive into small pieces... all (these) salad ingredients are (then) mixed...

“aukstajā galdā dažādus salātus pasniedz kā papildinājumu gaļas un zivju ēdieniem”

in a cold table (= table with cold foods), some kinds of salads are served as complement to meat and fish dishes

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