Meaning of skābēt | Babel Free
Definitions
to make sour, to pickle (to preserve food, usually vegetables, by using lactic fermentation)
transitive
Equivalents
English
Pickle
Examples
“skābēt ābolus”
to pickle apples
“skābēt sēnes”
to pickle mushrooms
“skābēti gurķi”
pickled cucumbers
“skābēti kāposti”
sauerkraut (lit. pickled cabbage)
“viņi gatavoja ziemai savus mājokļus... skābēja kapostus milzīgos koka toveros”
they were preparing their houses for winter... (they) pickled cabbages in huge wooden tubs
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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