Meaning of ziņkārīgs | Babel Free
Definitions
- curious, inquisitive (having a strong desire to see, hear, learn, explore; desiring to acquire knowledge)
- curious, inquisitive (such that it expresses the desire to know, to learn)
- curious, inquisitive (always trying to see, hear, smell something)
- curious person (one having a strong desire to know, to learn)
Equivalents
Examples
“būt ziņkārīgam”
to be curious
“ziņkārīgas sievas”
curious wives (= women)
“ziņkārīgi vērotāji”
curious, inquisitive observers
“vientulība cilvēkus padara vai nu drūmus un noslēgtus, vai arī pārlieku ziņkārīgus un runīgus”
loneliness makes people either gloomy and secretive, or excessively curious and talkative
“ziņkārīgas acis”
curious, inquisitive eyes
“Nellija uz bērnu ziņkārīgajiem jautājumiem nekā neatbild”
Nellija answered nothing to the children's curious questions
“vienīga nelaime bija, ka aitas ir ļoti ziņkārīgas: katra vēlējās mani apostīt”
the only problem was that sheep are very curious: every one wanted to smell me
“ziņkārīgie jebkurā laikā var apstaigāt darbnīcas un palūkoties, pie kā strādā biedri”
the curious can come into the factories at any moment and have a look at what (their) comrades are working on
“ap baznīcu salasījās diezgan daudz ziņkārīgo, galvenā kārtā sievietes”
around the church quite a lot of curious (people) gathered, mostly women
“tiesas zālē atradās labs pulciņš jauniešu: gan licinieki, gan ziņkārīgie, visi padsmitgados vai tikko tiem pāri”
in the courtroom there was a group of young people: witnesses as well as the curious, all eighteen-year-olds or a little older
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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