bloķēt
See also: blöket
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Via other European languages, apparently ultimately borrowed from French bloquer (“to block”), itself a borrowing from Germanic (cf. German Block, Dutch blok, English block).
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
bloķēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present bloķēju, bloķē, bloķē, past bloķēju)
- (military) to block (to encircle, to isolate)
- bloķēt pilsētu ― to block the city
- “Karogs” grupa atrodas salā, ko no visām pusēm bloķējis ienaidnieks ― the group “Flag” is now in an island that the enemy has blocked from all sides
- (politics) to block (to isolate, e.g., a country, a region, from other countries or regions)
- to block (to prevent the use of)
- bloķēt ostu, ceļu ― to block the harbor, the road
- vajadzēja nogriezt bandītiem atkāpšanās ceļu, bloķēt visas meža un purva takas ― it was necessary to cut off the bandits' escape route, to block all forest and swamp trails
- to block (to not allow to happen, to pass)
- bloķēt noguldījumu bankā ― to freeze (lit. block) (someone's) savings in the bank
- Krievija bloķē ANO rezolūciju pret Krimas referendumu ― Russia blocks the UN resolution against the Crimean referendum
- (physiology) to block (to make an organ, a system stop working)
- (sports) to block (to stop, to prevent the ball or an opponent from moving further)
- (construction) to build so as to combine, unite buildings, to form a block
- nepieciešams radīt bloķētas sabiedriskās ēkas ― it is necessary to build combined (lit. blocked) public buildings,
- svarīgs lauku ciematu izbūves pamatprincips ir sabiedriski administratīvo ēku bloķēšana ― an important principle of rural village construction is the combining (lit. blocking) of public administrative buildings
Conjugation edit
conjugation of bloķēt
Derived terms edit
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