Meaning of spilgts | Babel Free

Definitions

1. bright (very strong; which emits strong light)
2. bright, vivid
3. bright, shiny (which reflects light strongly)
4. clear, striking, powerful, remarkable (mentally, emotionally very impressive)
   figuratively
5. very loud, strong

Equivalents

Examples

“spilgta gaisma”

bright light

“spilgta uguns, liesma”

bright fire, flame

“spilgts zibens”

bright lightning

“spilgta saule”

bright sun

“lielās dzīvsudraba spuldzes ir tik spilgtas, ka kož acīs”

the big mercury lamps are so bright that they hurt (lit. bite in) the eyes

“spilgts krāsas tonis”

bright color shade

“spilgti sarkans”

bright red

“spilgts audums”

bright, shiny fabric

“puisis apstājas pie apaļās cīniju dobes un vēro spilgtos ziedus”

the young man stopped by the round zinnia beds and watched the bright, shiny flowers

“varde tupēja man uz plaukstas: mikla, vēsa un tik neparasti spilgta, it kā glumo ādu būtu apgleznojusi ekspresionista ota”

the frog sat on the palm of my hand: soft, cool and unusually bright, shiny, as if its smooth, slippery skin had been painted with an expressionist brush

“spilgts piemērs”

a striking example

“spilgti pretstati”

striking contrasts

“spilgts talants”

striking, impressive talent

“spilgta izrādes epizode”

striking, impressive show episode

“spilgts romāna tēls”

powerful, striking literary (lit. novel) character

“Alfrēds Kalniņš ir viena no visspilgtākajām, savdabīgākajām personībām latviešu mūzikas vēsturē”

Alfrēds Kalniņš is one of the brightest, most striking personalities in Latvian musical history

“cilvēku parasti pazudina viņa visspilgtākā rakstura īpašība, kas ar laiku kļūst par vājību”

a person is usually ruined by his most striking character trait, which with time becomes (his/her) weakness

“bet vējš tik skaļiem smiekliem pasmejas... līdz smejas kaivas spilgtiem kliedzieniem”

but the wind laughs with such loud laughs... (and) with the laughs (also) a seagull's sharp, loud squawks

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