diskutēt

Latvian

Diskutēt

Etymology

Via some other European language, ultimately from Latin discutere (“to strike or shake apart, to break up, to scatter; in derivatives and in Medieval Latin, also to examine, to discuss”), from dis- (“apart”) and quatere (“to shake”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

diskutēt (tr. or intr., 2nd conj., pres. diskutēju, diskutē, diskutē, past diskutēju)

  1. to discuss, to debate (to debate a question, especially a controversial or confusing one; to participate in a discussion)
    diskutēt par jaunākajiem notikumiem ― to discuss, debate the latest events
    diskutēt jautājumu ― to discuss a question, topic, subject
    kas dzejoļa autors, par to mums nav jādiskutē, to taču norāda paraksts ― who the author of the poem (is), that we don't have to discuss, the signature shows it

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • izdiskutēt
  • padiskutēt
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