Meaning of spējīgs | Babel Free

Definitions

able, capable, skilled (having the physical or mental skills necessary for successfully carrying out some task, to react in some way)

Equivalents

Examples

“spējīgs students, skolnieks”

a capable student, pupil

“spējīgs dziedāt, strādāt”

capable of singing, of working

“darba spējīgs, darbaspējīgs”

capable of working

“viņš ir uz visu spējīgs”

he is capable of anything (= he is capable of evil things, he is to be feared)

“viņš līdz šim strādāja manā laboratorijā; ļoti spējīgs, arī kā cilvēks lielisks”

he has worked until now in my laboratory; (he is) very capable, skilled, also great as a person (= a great guy)

“skolotājs noorganizē spējīgāko audzēkņu grupu, kura mācās zīmēt sarežģītākas figūras, ģipša modeļus”

the teacher organized a group of more capable students, who learn to draw more complex figures, plaster models

“viņa nezināja, kā ir, kad vecāki vedeklu nevēlas... jaunie šajā ziņā nav spējīgi iedomāties citu situāciju kā vien to, ko piedzīvo”

she didn't know how it is when the parents don't want the daughter-in-law... young (people) in this respect are not capable of imagining a situation different from what they have (already) experienced

“lielos putnus pārvietoja no lielajiem būriem mazajos un iekrāva automašīnā... visus lidot spējīgos aizveda uz Mežaparku”

the big birds were moved from the big cages into the small ones and then loaded into the car... all those capable of flying were taken to the Mežaparks (= the main park in Riga)

CEFR level