Meaning of vakars | Babel Free
[vakaɾs]Definitions
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evening (time of day, roughly around sunset; also, the time period at the end of the day and before the beginning of the night) declension-1, masculine
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evening (typical of that time period; happening in that time period) declension-1, masculine
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evening (the final or end phase of some phenomenon) declension-1, figuratively, masculine
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evening (a social event taking place at the end of the day) declension-1, masculine
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evening (used or worn for activies or events that happen at the end of the day) declension-1, masculine
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eve (the final stage of that holiday; also, the night before that holiday) declension-1, masculine
Examples
“vēls vakars”
late evening
“ziemas vakars”
winter evening
“vakara saule”
evening sun
“vakara vēsma”
evening breeze
“vakara vēsums”
evening coolness
“ap septiņiem vakarā”
at about seven (o'clock) in the evening
“mācīties pa vakariem”
to study in the evening(s)
“vakara krēsla, vakarkresla”
twilight (lit. evening dusk)
“vakara blāzma, vakarblāzma”
afterglow (lit. evening gleam)
“vakara zvaigzne, vakarzvaigzne”
evening star (= Venus)
“vakara vējš”
evening breeze
“pret vakaru sāka līt”
toward evening it began to rain
“vakara laikraksts”
evening newspaper
“vakara skola”
evening school
“mūža, dzīves vakars”
the evening of life (= old age)
“es piedzīvoju uzvaras un smagus zaudējumus, un tagad es eju uz vakara pusi”
I have lived through victories and heavy losses, and now I am going toward evening (= the end)
“dzejas vakars”
poetry evening
“atpūtas vakars”
recreation evening
“jubilejas vakars”
anniversary evening
“jautājumu vakars”
question evening
“saviesīgs vakars”
soirée, party (lit. social evening)
“vakara vadītājs”
evening host, master of ceremonies
“kungu vakars”
gentlemen's evening (party attended only by men)
“vakara kleita, vakarkleita”
evening dress
“vakara tērps, vakartērps”
evening clothes
“līgo vakars”
Midsummer's Eve
“Mārtiņa vakars”
Martinmas' Eve
“Ziemassvētku vakars”
Christmas' Eve
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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