Latvian

Verb

iekļūt intr., 1st conj., pres. iekļūstu, iekļūsti, iekļūst, past iekļuvu

1. 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

2. 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

3. (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

4. (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)

5. (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