modernizēt
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Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From moderns (“modern”) + -izēt. Probably not derived as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from other European languages.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]modernizēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present modernizēju, modernizē, modernizē, past modernizēju)
- to modernize (to change, to improve, to renew so as to adapt to the current time period and its standards, norms, prerequisites, etc.)
- modernizēt transportlīdzekļus ― to modernize vehicles
- modernizēt novecojušos darbagaldus ― to modernize outdate machine tools
- modernizēt telpas interjerus ― to modernize the room's interior
- modernizēt lopu ferma ― to modernize a cattle ranch
- modernizētas ziņģes ― modernized popular songs
- daudzi izgudrotāji gadu gaitā telefona apāratu modernizēja, pierīkoja tam mikrotelefona klausuli, zvanu, izsaukuma ierīci ― many inventors over the years modernized the telephone set, adding a handset, a bell, (and) a calling device
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of modernizēt