Meaning of stulbums | Babel Free

Definitions

1. stupidity (the quality of one who is stupid)
   declension-1, masculine, singular, usually
2. stupidity (thing, action, behavior that expresses stupidity or is typical of stupid people)
   declension-1, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“pārāk bieza krīta kārta ir balsinātāja stulbuma apliecinājums”

too thick a layer of chalk is the proof of the whitewasher's stupidity

“kam draud citkārt labsirdīgais tukumnieku bataljona komandieris? debesīm, nāvei vai tiem, kuru stulbums dzinis nāvē viņa strēlniekus”

to whom is the otherwise benevolent batallion commander a threat? to heaven, to death, and to those whose stupidity drove his riflemen to death

““es nesaprotu”, viņš teica, “kas tas par stulbumu: likt vienu un to pašu plati divreiz””

“I don't understand,” he said, “what kind of stupidity this is: to put the same record twice”

“droši vien ši prasme pazviegt par kreņķiem un stulbumiem palīdz saglabāt dzīvošanas prieku”

probably this skill of laughing about worries and stupidities helps keep the joy of living

CEFR level