Meaning of salds | Babel Free
[sâlts]Definitions
- sweet (having the flavor typical of, e.g., sugar, or honey)
- sweet (containing sugar, or some similar substance)
- sweet (having the smell typical of, e.g., phlox flowers)
- sweet (very pleasant, physically or psychologically)
- excessively kind, excessively flattering, hypocritically subservient
- sentimental, lyrical
Equivalents
Examples
“salds auglis”
sweet fruit
“salda sula”
sweet juice
“salda garša”
sweet taste
“salds kā medus”
sweet as honey
“mēs arvien dzērām tik saldu kafiju, ka cukurs vēl palika neizkusis krūzītes dibenā”
we always drank coffee so sweet, the sugar remained undissolved at the bottom of the cup
“saldās mandeles”
sweet almonds
“saldais krējums”
sweet cream
“salds piens”
sweet, fresh milk
“saldais vīns”
sweet wine
“saldais kartupelis”
sweet potato
“saldās mērces pasniedz pie bieziem ķīseļiem, pudiņiem, kēksiem, cepumiem”
sweet sauces are served with thick jelly, puddings, cookies and biscuits
“salds ziedu aromāts”
sweet floral fragrance
“vēsmoja salda ziedu smarža”
a sweet flower smell was wafting (around)
“viņa pienāca pie kabībes, apdvesdama Sproģi ar skurbinoši saldu parfīmu”
she came to the cabin, surrounding Sproģis with an inebriatingly sweet perfume
“salds brīdis”
sweet moment
“saldas atmiņas”
sweet memories
“saldu dusu!”
sleep well! (lit. sweet quietness, rest, sleep)
“saldais rīta miegs”
sweet morning sleep
“ar kādu saldu prieku Annele bija izgājusi meklēt zemi un taisnību”
with sweet joy Annele had left to look for land and justice
“ir salda laime vasaras naktī klaiņot ar mīļu meiteni pa aizmigušajiem laukiem”
it is sweet happiness in a summer night to wander with a beautiful girl through the sleeping countryside
“runāt saldā balsī”
to talk in a sweet (= flattering) voice
“rokas priekšautā slaucīdama, savu vissaldāko smaidu sejā, Bitiene iztecēja pretī”
wiping (her) hands on (her) apron, with her sweetest smile on (her) face, Bitiene came out toward (them)
“salda dziesma”
sentimental (lit. sweet) song
“tenors dziedāja saldu dziesmu vācu valodā”
the tenor sang a sweet, sentimental song in German
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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