apmainīt
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From ap- + mainīt (“to change”).
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
apmainīt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present apmainu, apmaini, apmaina, past apmainīju)
- to swap, to exchange something for (= pret) something else (to give something and to take something else in its place)
- apmainīt bibliotēkā grāmatas ― to exchange books in the library
- par naudu ceļā neko bēgļiem nedodot, bet rīsu, mannu, sāli un manufaktūtu varot apmainīt pret sviesti, pienu, gaļu, maizi ― via money the fugitives, it seems, could get nothing on their way, but rice, semolina, salt and textile products one could exchange for butter, milk, meat, and bread
- to change something, to replace something with (= pret) something else
- apmainīt izdegušo spuldzi ― to change a burned (light) bulb
- apmainīt tukšo spoli pret jaunu ― to replace an empty reel with a new one
- apmainīt puķēm ūdeni ― to change the flower water
- baterija kalpo divus gadus; tad tā jāapmaina ― the battery works (for) two years; then one must replace it
- viņš izšāva visu pistoles aptveri, apmainīja un šāva atkal ― he fired (his) gun's whole magazine, changed it (= reloaded), and fired again
- (of ideas, thoughts) to exchange (to say what one wants to say to someone and then listen to what s/he wants to say)
- dažadi spriedumi un domas tika apmainītas, un prāvnieki nāca un gāja ― some judgments and thoughts were exchanged, and the litigants came and went
- mēs ēdam, garšojam jēra taukumu un apmainām pa vārdam ― we eat, taste lamb fat, and exchange a few words
Conjugation edit
conjugation of apmainīt