Latvian

Adjective

svešāds (def. svešādais, comp. svešādāks, sup. vissvešādākais; adv. svešādi)

1. strange, unusual, unfamiliar, alien, different (that which deviates from normal, from known patterns, unlike others of its kind)

   svešāds troksnis‎ ― strange noise

   svešāds smarža‎ ― strange smell

   svešāda ainava‎ ― strange landscape

   svešādas sajūtas‎ ― strange feelings

   svešāds apģērbs‎ ― strange, different clothes

   svešāds izskats‎ ― strange, different appearance, look

   runāt svešādā balsī‎ ― to speak in a strange, unfamiliar voice

   katra vietiņa tur bezgala dārga un tuva... un reizē svešāda, jo laiks ir gājis un izmainījis ne vien bijušā cūkgana, bet arī zemes vaigu‎ ― every little place there (= his home town) (was) infinitely dear and close... and at the time time alien, because time had passed and changed not only the former swineherd, but also the face of the earth

   Kad Eduards no savām tuvredzīgajām acīm noņem brilles, viņš izskatās pavisam svešāds, pat gluži nepazīstams‎ ― when Eduards takes the glasses off from his short-sighted eyes, he looks completely alien, different, even quite unknown

   viņa vilcinādamās atņem rokas no sejas... tā ir zaļgani bāla, ciešanu grimases izķēmota, stipri svešāda‎ ― she hesitantly took (her) hands from (her) face... it was greenish pale, disfigured by suffering grimaces, strongly alien, unfamiliar

   pirmajā acumirklī viņa uzlūkoja Ritu ar svešādu skatienu, bet tad atsvieda segu sānis, izlēca no gultas, apskāva to un ilgi skūpstīja‎ ― at first she looked at Rita with a strange look, but then (she) threw aside the blanket, jumped out of bed, hugged her and kissed her for a long time

Declension

Synonyms

• dīvains
• neparasts
• savāds
• svešs, pasvešs

Related terms

• svešatne
• svešinieks, svešiniece
• svešs
• svešums