Latvian

Verb

izteikt tr., 1st conj., pres. izteicu, izteic, izteic, past izteicu

1. to express (to make known, to reveal orally, in words)

   izteikt jaunas atziņas‎ ― to express new ideas, conclusions

   izteikt savu pārliecību‎ ― to express one's beliefs, convictions

   izteikt aizdomas‎ ― to express suspicion

   izteikt padomu‎ ― to give (lit. express) advice

   izteikt pavēli‎ ― to give (lit. express) an order

   izteikt vēlēšanos‎ ― to express wishes

   izteikt cerību‎ ― to express hope

   izteikt cieņu‎ ― to express respect

   izteikt pārdzīvojumu vārdos‎ ― to express one's experience in words

   puiši steidzās izteikt savu prieku‎ ― the boys rushed to express their joy

2. to express something in a work of art; to be such that it (a work of art expresses something

   izteikt dabas skaistumu gleznā‎ ― to express natural beauty in a painting

   izteikt pārdzīvojumu skaņdarbā‎ ― to express an experience in a piece of music

   izteikt savas jūtas dzejolī‎ ― to express one's feelings in a poem

   pavasaris ir ar mums; varbūt glezna to neizteiks‎ ― spring is with us; (but) maybe a painting won't express it

3. to express something with one's behavior, gestures, looks, etc.; to be such that it (behavior, gestures, looks, etc.) expresses something

   acis izteica prieku‎ ― (his) eyes expressed joy

   izteikt noraidījumu ar rokas mājienu‎ ― to express rejection with a wave of (one's) hand

4. to express (gratitude, punishment, etc.) formally, administratively

   izteikt pateicību, rājienu‎ ― to express gratitude, reprimand; to thank, to reprimand (officially)

   kapteinis joprojām bija noskaities uz Maksimiču, domāja, ka viņam vajadzētu izteikt rajienu‎ ― the captain was still furious at Maksimičs, (he) thought that he should express a reprimand (= reprimand Maksimičs, have him officially reprimanded)

5. to say, to speak, to pronounce

   šī atbilde bija tik negaidīta, ka Gulke sākumā nevarēja izteikt ne vārda‎ ― this answer was no unexpected that Gulke at first couldn't say, pronounce a word

   mājās, kuras pāri verstis aiz kalna, runā ļaudis, bet skaņas atnāk tik nedalītas, it kā būtu izteiktas tepat aiz sētas‎ ― in houses far behind the hill people are talking, but the sounds come so undivided, it is as if they were spoken, pronounced just here, by the fence

6. to express (to describe something, especially with numbers, measurements)

   izteikt attālumu kilometros‎ ― to express the distance in kilometers

   izteikt masu gramos‎ ― to express the mass in grams

   sociālo procesu dinamiku ne vienmēr var izteikt' skaitļos‎ ― one can't always express social process dynamics in numbers

7. (usually 3rd person) to express (to be such that it means something, e.g., via symbols, signs)

   teikuma izteiktā doma‎ ― the expressed thought of the sentence

   izteikt y kā x funkciju‎ ― to express y as a function of x

8. (dated) to praise, to exalt

   tautas manu augumiņu izteica, tad vainoja‎ ― the people (at first) praised my little size, then blamed, attacked it.

Declension

Synonyms

• (in general): izpaust, izsacīt
• (of "to speak, to pronounce"): izrunāt

Derived terms

• izteicējs
• izteiciens
• izteiksme
• izteikums