Meaning of tāls | Babel Free
[tâːls]Definitions
- far, far away, distant (situated, living, coming from, happening in, a place which is at a relatively big distance away)
- distant (without close ties; such that one does not relate to it; not familiar)
- distant (difficult to realize)
- long, far (covering or reaching a large distance)
- far, distant, remote (executed from a distance)
- far, distant (separated from the present by a relatively long period of time)
- far, distant (having little in common)
- broad, wide (covering a large distance, territory)
Examples
“tāls ciemats”
distant village
“tāls nostūris”
far corner
“tālas pilsētas, jūras”
distant cities, seas
“tāla šalkoņa”
distant roar
“tālas atbalsis”
distant echos
“tāla gaisma”
distant light
“doties tālos darbos”
to go to distant (= long-distance) works
“apciemot tālus draugus”
to visit distant friends
“sagaidīt tālus ciemiņus”
to expect distant visitors
“saimnieks ar visiem zirgiem un puišiem devās uz tālo plāvu, kur šķūnī sabāzts siens gulēja jau no jūlija mēneša”
the farm owner, with all horses and boys (= servants), went to the far-away meadow, where the hay storned in the barn had been llying since the month of July
“Aldona cepa tortes tuvākiem un tālākiem kaimiņiem”
Aldona baked pies to (our) closer and farther neighbors
“drīz vien Mazuriju durvis sāka virināt tuvi un tāli ļaudis”
soon people (from) near and far began to open and close the doors of Mazurija
“meitai tāls un garlaicīgs šķiet viss, ko pārdzīvojusi māte, vecaistēvs...”
to the girl, everything that (her) mother and grandfather had experienced seemed distant and uninteresting
“Ģirts jūt, ka tas brālim arvien bijis tāls; bet vai tad brālis nevar būt brāļa draugs?”
Ģirts feels that that (one) was always distant to (= from) (his) brother; but can't a brother be friends with a brother (= can't two brothers be friends)?
“es nevaru gulēt; miegs, īsts miegs man ir kā tāls sapnis no jaunības laikiem”
I can't sleep; sleep, real sleep is to me like a distant dream from (my) youth
“iet tālu ceļu”
to go far, to go a long way (lit. to go a far way)
“tāls pārgājiens, ceļojums”
a far (= long) trek, trip
“tāls lidojums”
a far (= long) flight
“tāla ekspedīcija”
a far expedition (= to a distant place)
“es gāju jau dienā, jo bija tāls gabals ejams”
I went also during the day, because there was a far (= long) piece (of road) to go
“priekšā tāls ceļš līdz Vladivostokai un vēl garāks līdz mājām”
ahead (of him), the far (= long) road to Vladivostoka and further to home
“tāla mehānismu vadīšana”
remote control of a mechanism
“tāli kosmiskie sakari”
remote spatial communication
“tāli gadsimti”
distant centuries
“tāla senātne, nākotne”
distant past, future
“tālie studiju gadi”
the distant (= old) study years
“tāli jaunības sapņi”
distant (= ancient) youth dreams
“tāli nākotnes plāni”
distant future plans
“tāls priekštecis”
distant predecessor
“atcerēties tālās bērnības dienas”
to remember (one's) distant childhood days
“tālos, tālos aizvēstures laikos jūras viļņi skalojušies pāri Ķekavai, Baldonei, Jaunjelgavai”
in the far, far prehistoric times, the sea waves washed over Ķekava, Baldone, Jaunjelgava
“atminos senas dienas un tālus notikumus, Mindaug”
I remember the old days and the distant (= old, ancient) events, Mindaugs
“tāla radniecība”
distant relation
“tāli radi”
distant relatives
“savstarpēji tālas augu sugas”
mutually distant (= distantly related) plant species
“pat vistālākajās valodu grupās var atrast apbrīnojami līdzīgus vārdus”
even in the most distant (= distantly related) language families it is possible to find surprisingly similar words
“tas bija tālā apkārtnē nedzirdēts gadījums, ka meita bez laulāšanas aiziet pie puiša”
it was unheard of in the distant (= broad, wide) surroundings that a girl would marry a guy without a wedding
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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