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 notikumiemto discuss, debate the latest events
    diskutēt jautājumuto discuss a question, topic, subject
    kas dzejoļa autors, par to mums nav jādiskutē, to taču norāda parakstswho 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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