Meaning of spodrs | Babel Free
[spuôdɾs]Definitions
- shiny, lustrous, glossy, bright (such that its surface, because of smoothness, color or cleanness, reflects light well)
- perfectly, spotlessly clean
- cleanly, tidily, smartly dressed
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shining; which corresponds to high expectations figuratively
- relatively bright
- relatively bright; such that relatively bright light spreads in it
- bright, sonorous
Equivalents
Examples
“spodras logu rūtis”
shiny window panes
“spodras palodzes”
shiny, lustrous windowsills
“spodrs papīrs”
glossy paper
“spodras tapetes”
glossy wallpaper
“ar eļļas krāsu krāsotas grīdas pēc nomazgāšanas var pārklāt ar caurspīdīgu laku; tāda grīda ir ļoti spodra”
floors painted with oil paint can be covered with transparent lacquer after washing; such floor(s) are very shiny
“spodra veļa”
spotless linen
“spodra virtuve”
spotless kitchen
“spodrs krekls”
spotless shirt
“spodri trauki”
spotless dishes
“uz vadža karājas spodrs dvielis, bļodā ieliets ūdens”
on the pegs a clean towel was hanging, in the basin water had been poured
“pēc skata vīrs rādījās aprūpēts un apkopts, spodrs un kārtīgs”
externally, the man looked well groomed and well kept, clean and tidy
“bet vai spodru tautas tikumu, / veidojies kas ilgi cilšu ciltīs, / tikpat viegli pārkāpt, atmest var?”
but can one so easily disrespect or even abandon the shining folk traditions, / which formed themselves during a long time, in tribes of tribes (= among the tribes)?
“auksta un nežēlīgi spodra ir mēnesnīca; viss apklusis un aizsnidzis”
cold and cruelly bright is the moonlight; everything (was) silent and covered with snow
“tēvs raudzījās klusi tai pašā vientuļajā zvaigznīte, kas ar katru acumirkli kļuva spodrāka un spožāka”
father looked silently at that same solitary little star that, with every passing moment, became lighter and brighter
“viņa pasmaidīja, tīrām, spodrām acīm skatīdamās”
she smiled, looking with (her) clean, bright eyes
“saule patlaban norietēja, un pie spodrajām vakara debesīm iedegās pirmās zvaigznes”
the sun was now setting, and on the bright evening sky the first stars lit up
“kora skanīgums gan dažkārt ir dzirdēts spodrāks un skaidrāks izstrādājumā”
the sonorousness of the choir is sometimes heard brighter and clearer in (= during) its realization
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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