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Meaning of zaglis | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1 Frequent
[zaɡlis]

Definitions

thief (a man who carries out thefts)

declension-2, masculine

Equivalents

English thief

Examples

“kabatas zaglis, kabatzaglis”

pickpocket (lit. pocket thief)

“sīks zaglis”

small thief

“rūdīts zaglis”

hardened thief

“zagļu žargons”

thieves' slang

“zagļu banda”

mob (lit. gang of thieves)

“ķert zagli”

to catch a thief

“dzīties pakaļ zagļiem”

to chase the thieves

“kādā citā vietā zagļi bija caur jumtu ietikuši stallī un izvedusi zirgus”

somewhere else thieves had entered into the stable through the roof and taken the horses away

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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