Meaning of ubagot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to beg (to earn one's living by begging for alms)
   intransitive, transitive
2. to beg (to ask desperately for something, as a beggar would)
   figuratively, intransitive, transitive

Examples

“ubagot naudu”

to beg for money

“iet ubagot”

to go beg

“mājās viņš nāca, kad kules bija pilnas... no jauna devās atkal ubagot, kad viss bija noēsts”

he came home when his (begging) bags were full... (then) again he went back to beg, when everything had been eaten

“Elitas slimība prasīja un vēl prasīs daudz naudas... tagad viņai, Maijai, atkal būs jāubago avanss”

Elita's disease demanded and will demand a lot of money... now she, Maija, had to beg (for) an advance

“ubagot mīlestību, draudzību”

to beg for love, for friendship

“ubagot pēc nepelnītas atzinības es neiešu!”

I won't go begging for unearned recognition!

“par daudz, par daudz mēs dzīvē ubagojam / pēc laimes un pēc lētās slavas”

too much, too much (= too often) in life we beg / for happiness and cheap glory

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