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Meaning of spalgums | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. shrillness, reediness (the quality of that which is shrill, reedy, sharp, piercing, high-pitched)
    declension-1, masculine
  2. acuteness, sharpness
    declension-1, masculine
  3. piercing cold
    declension-1, masculine

Examples

“zvana spalgums”

the shrillness of the (door)bell

“balss spalgums”

the shrillness of the voice

“karsta sāpe izplūda audos... augot spalgumā, skaudrumā, asumā”

a hot pain flooded into (his) tissues... growing in acuteness and sharpness

“sals neatvilga, bet vēl pieņēmās spalgumā”

the frost did not weaken, its piercing cold increased (instead)

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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