drošināt
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From drošs (“safe, sure”) + -ināt.
Pronunciation
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Verb
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- second-person plural present indicative of drošināt
drošināt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present drošinu, drošini, drošina, past drošināju)
- to encourage, to reassure, to make someone (feel) safe, no longer afraid
- drošināt bērnu ― to reassure the child
- drošināt sevi ― to reassure oneself
- bet sieva neko daudz nenoskumst; viņa vēl drošina vīru: “neviens vēl tagadējos laikos nav dzirdēts nomirstam badā, vai tad nu mums tas notiks?” ― but the wife didn't feel sad; in fact, she reassured (her) husband: “nobody has heard of (someone) dying of hunger in modern times, will this then happen to us?”
- dārzniece bažījās par nezināmo dzīves vietu; pavadones mierināja un drošināja viņu: krietniem ļaudīm visur draugu diezgan ― the gardner was concerned about not knowing where she would stay; (her) fellow travellers comforted and reassured her: honest, decent people have enough friends everywhere
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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