raudināt
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Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From raud(āt) (“to cry”) + -ināt.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]raudināt
- second-person plural present indicative of raudināt
raudināt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present raudinu, raudini, raudina, past raudināju)
- to make (someone) cry
- neraudini bērnu! ― don't make the child cry!
- skaļas ir tikai apbedīšanas ceremonijas... cilvēks ir miris, un kādēļ gan velti raudināt palicējus? ― funeral ceremonies are just (too) high-sounding... a person is dead, so why make people cry for nothing? (i.e., it does no good to do that)
- pie mājiņas stāvēja Spodris un raudināja savu vijoli ― Spodris stood in front of the little houses and made his violin cry (= played it)
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of raudināt