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Meaning of tabaka | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR C2 Specialized
[tabaka]

Definitions

  1. tobacco (several plants of the genus Nicotiana, especially Nicotiana tabacum and related species, with leaves used for smoking or chewing)
    declension-4, feminine
  2. locative singular of tabaka
    feminine, form-of, locative, singular
  3. tobacco (the leaves of such a plant, especially when dried and/or pulverized for smoking or chewing)
    declension-4, feminine

Equivalents

English tobacco

Examples

“tabakas audzēšana”

tobacco cultivation

“tabakas šķirne”

tobacco variety

“tabakas lapas satur nikotīnu, kas ir stipra sirds inde un pamazām atstāj graujošu ietekmi uz cilvēka asinsvadu sistēmu un nerviem”

tobacco leaves contain nicotine, which is a strong heart poison and has gradual destructive influence on a person's circulatory and nervous systems

“tabakas fabrika”

tobacco factory

“tabakas izstrādājumi”

tobacco products

“smēķēt tabaku”

to smoke tobacco

“tabakas maks, tabakmaks”

tobacco pouch

“košļāt, zelēt tabaku”

to chew tobacco

“bāzt tabaku pīpē”

to stick tobacco into a pipe

“piebāzt pīpi ar tabaku”

to stuff a pipe with tobacco

“šņaucamā tabaka”

snuff (lit. sniffable tobacco)

“istaba tabakas dūmu tik pilna, ka mušas meklēja glābiņu pie sijām”

the room was so full of tobacco smoke that the flies looked for shelter at the beams

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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