interesants

Latvian

Etymology

A borrowing, ultimately from the present participle of Latin interesse (“to concern; to make a difference”), probably via other European language (e.g., German interessant, or French intéressant).

Adjective

interesants (definite interesantais, comparative interesantāks, superlative visinteresantākais, adverb interesanti)

  1. interesting (that which causes interest)
    interesants stāsts, referāts ― interesting story, report
    interesanta saruna ― interesting conversation
    interesanti cilvēki ― interesting people
    kur vien man gadījās nokļūt, visattālākajās pasaules malās, visur atradu priekšā labus un interesantus ļaudis ― wherever I happened to go, (even) to the most distant corners of the world, everywhere I found good and interesting people
    visinteresantākā bija dzīvojamā māja; tas bija īsts arhitektūras brīnums ― the most interesting was the residential building; it was a true architectural marvel
    saistošs stāstījums par interesantu notikumu aizvien spēj saistīt klausītāju uzmanību ― adding an interesting event (= anecdote) to the presentation, one succeeds in holding the attention of the audience

Declension

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