Meaning of skatīt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to look at, to see (to perceive something visually, usually in order to obtain information from it, to become familiar with it)
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2. to see, to watch (to appreciate visually a work of art; to follow an activity, a game, etc.)
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3. to see, to watch (to imagine in one's mind)
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4. to see, to check, to examine (to evaluate visually)
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5. to see (as), to analyze, to evaluate
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Examples

“skatīt gaismu”

to see, to look at the light

“skatīt pilsētas apkaimi”

to see (= examine) the city area

“medicīnas māsa bija viņam iedvesusi ticību, ka viņš skatīs sauli, lai arī cik grūti būtu pašreiz”

the nurse had inspired in him the belief that he would see the sun, no matter how difficult it would be now

“caur logu mēs skatījām - un redzējām”

through the window we looked - and we saw (it)

“no pakalna skatot, redzam Latvijas ainavu ar birzīm, ezeriem, māju puduriem”

looking from the hill, we saw the Latvian landscape with (its) woods, lakes, groups of houses

“skatīt skulptūras”

to see sculptures

“skatīt filmas”

to see, watch movies

“skatīt sporta sacensības”

to see sports events, competitions

“skatīt televīzias pārraidi”

to see a television show, broadcast

“esmu skatījis daļu no Mikelandželo gleznām un skulpturām”

I have seen part of Michelangelo's paintings and sculptures

“ārste domās skata operācijas gaitu no sākuma līdz bezcerīgajam noslēgumam”

the doctor saw, watched in (her) thoughts the progress of the operation, from beginning to hopeless end

“nezinādams, ko tālāk teikt, Ostnieks apsēdās pie galda un sāka skatīt pasi: “Teodors Riņķa... Rīga... Ezera ielā...””

not knowing what more to say, Ostnieks sat down at the table and started checking the passport: “Teodors Riņķa... Riga... Ezera street...”

“māsa Gārša stāstīja, ka Egle ilgus gadus ar rentgenu skatījis slimnieku plaušas”

nurse Garša told how Egle (for) many years had examined the patients' lungs with X-rays

“Eduards Veidenbaums teoriju neatrauj no prakses, viņš abas tās skata ciešā vienībā”

Eduards Veidenbaums did not separate theory and practice, he saw both in tight union (= as tightly connected)

“Emīla Dārziņa atstāto garīgo mantojumu skatīsim divos atsevišķos aspektos: vispirms daiļrades pausto estētiku jeb poētiku, pcē tam estētikos uzskatus”

we will see (= evaluate) Emīla Dārziņa's spiritual heritage in two independent aspects: first, the aesthetics or poetics expressed in the creative work (itself); after that, the aesthetic beliefs

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