iekļūt
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From ie- + kļūt (“to get, to become”).
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
iekļūt (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present iekļūstu, iekļūsti, iekļūst, past iekļuvu)
- to get into, to enter somewhere (especially with difficulty, overcoming obstacles)
- iekļūt trojebusā ― to get into, on the trolley bus
- iekļūt vilcienā ― to get into, on the train
- iekļūt istabā pa logu ― to get into the room through the window
- no āra ienācēji vispirms iekļuva virtuvē, tad mazajā istabiņā ar diviem lodziņiem ― those coming from outside first entered the kitchen, then the small room with two little windows
- pirmo reizi es te iekļuvu no augšās ― (this is) the first time (that) I got in here from up there
- to get into (a place, a situation) by accident, to end up (somewhere)
- iekļūt ļaužu drūzmā ― to get into, end up in, a crowd of people
- iekļūt lietus gāzē ― to get into, end up under strong rain
- Agnese bija izgājusi cauri Iekšrīgai un iekļuva tirgus burzmā ― Agnese had gone through inner Riga and got, ended up in the market crowd
- kuġojot pa Melnu jūru, iekļuvām vētrā; mūs krietni pašūpoja ― sailing on the Black Sea, we got into, ended up in, a storm; it really shook us
- (of inanimate objects) to get into, usually unintentionally, by accident
- ledus gabali iekļūst ūdens virpulī ― the ice blocks get into the whirlpool
- pagrabā iekļuvis ūdens ― water got into the basement
- pa spraugu iekļūst gaisma ― light gets in through the crack
- acī iekļuvis gruzis ― a speck of dust got into (someone's) eye
- meža dziļumos saules stari gandrīz nekad neiekļūst ― the sunrays almost don't get into the depths of the forest
- (of people) to get into (a situation, a state) after overcoming obstacles, difficulties
- iekļūt augstskolā, universitātē ― to get into college, university
- iekļūt izlases komandā ― to get into the (selected) team
- tādos rados nevar vis ikkatrs iekļūt ― not everybody can get into such families (lit. relatives)
- (figuratively) to get into (a situation, a state), usually unintentionally
- iekļūt nelaimē ― to get into trouble, distress
- iekļūt briesmās ― to get into danger
- iekļūt grūtībās ― to get into difficulties
- iekļūt parādos ― to get into debt
- iekļūt ļaužu valodās ― to get into people's language, talk (i.e., to become the topic of gossip)
- paredzot, kādās kara šausmās var iekļūt cilvēce, arī Vācijas sociāldemokrātija nostāsies pret karu ― seeing what kind of war horror humanity could get into, also the German social democracy will stand against the war
Conjugation edit
conjugation of iekļūt