Meaning of vēls | Babel Free

Definitions

1. late (approaching the end of a certain time period)
2. late (approaching nighttime)
3. late, delayed, belated (after the normal, expected or natural time; after the others)
4. late, tardy (which blooms later than others) (of plants)
5. late (slow; wrongly showing an earlier time because of some defect) (of clocks)

Equivalents

Examples

“vēla pēcpusdiena”

late afternoon

“vēls vakars”

late evening

“strādāt līdz vēlai naktij”

to work till late at night

“vēlais dzelzs laikmets”

the late Iron Age

“vēlā paleolīta beigās”

at the end of the late Paleolithic

“ir jau klāt rudens, pats vēlais rudens, kad dārzā vairs nav nevienas lapas un visi lauku darbi apdarīti”

it is already autumn, even late autumn, when there no longer are any leaves in the garden and all farm work is done

“pie profesionālas mūziķa darbības P. Jurjāns nonāca vēlu”

P. Jurjāns came late (in life) to professional music activity

“ir jau vēls”

it is late

“iet gulēt vēlu”

to go to bed late

“man nu jāiet, ir jau vēls un tumšs”

I have to go, it is already late and dark

“šogad vēls rudens”

this year (has) a late, belated autumn

“atnākt pār vēlu”

to come too late

“vēls viesis”

a late guest

“viņa vēlākie piedzīvojumi”

his later adventures

“aizbraukt ar vēlo vilcienu”

to go with a late, delayed train

“vēlie kartupeļi”

late potatoes

“ievēroju, ka liepas, vēlie jasmīni un rudzi jau noziedējuši”

I noticed that the limes, the late jasmins and the rye are already blooming

“vēls, vēlāks pulkstenis”

a late clock

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