rieties
Latvian edit
Verb edit
rieties
- (of dogs) to bark, especially at each other; reflexive of riet
- kaimiņu suņi rejas ― the neighbor's dogs are barking
- (figuratively, colloquial, of people) to bark at each other, to fight, to quarrel
- kur divi rejas, tur trešais rij ― where two bark (= fight), a third (one) swallows (= wins)
- strīds nozīmētu lieki rīvēties un rieties, bojāt nervus un gandēt garastāvokli ― a fight would mean to squabble and bark unnecessarily, harming (their) nerves and mood
Conjugation edit
conjugation of rieties