Physical or mental effort directed toward making something happen or achieving a result.
Examples
Fiziskais darbs nogurdināja ātrāk nekā gaidījām.
Physical work tired us faster than we expected.
Pēc ilga darba projekts beidzot bija gatavs.
After long work, the project was finally ready.
Viņa ieguldīja lielu darbu pētījumā.
She put a lot of work into the study.
Roku darbs prasa pacietību.
Hand work requires patience.
Mēs ķērāmies pie darba jau no rīta.
We got down to work early in the morning.
Bez rūpīga darba rezultāts nebūtu tik labs.
Without careful work, the result would not be so good.
Similar words
strādāšana
darbība
pūles
rosība
nodarbe
Paid employment
noun
employment
neutral
Paid employment, a position, or the workplace that provides a person with a livelihood.
Examples
Viņš atrada jaunu darbu Rīgā.
He found a new job in Riga.
Māsa šodien iet uz darbu agrāk.
My sister is going to work earlier today.
Pēc studijām viņa meklē darbu.
After her studies, she is looking for work.
Viņu pieņēma darbā slimnīcā.
She was hired for a job at the hospital.
Viņš palika bez darba.
He was left without work.
Mans darbs sākas deviņos.
My work starts at nine.
Similar words
amats
darbavieta
nodarbošanās
profesija
dienests
Produced work
noun
creative
neutral
Something created, written, built, or otherwise produced through effort.
Examples
Romāns ir viņas labākais darbs.
The novel is her best work.
Izstādē redzami jauni mākslinieku darbi.
New artists’ works can be seen at the exhibition.
Skolotāja pārbaudīja skolēnu darbus.
The teacher checked the pupils’ work.
Šis zinātniskais darbs tika publicēts žurnālā.
This scholarly work was published in a journal.
Restauratori saudzīgi atjaunoja meistara darbu.
The restorers carefully restored the master’s work.
Diploma darbs jāiesniedz maijā.
The diploma work must be submitted in May.
Similar words
veikums
darinājums
izstrādājums
sacerējums
ražojums
Task or duty
noun
everyday
neutral
A task, duty, or piece of work that needs to be done.
Examples
Man šodien ir daudz darba.
I have a lot of work today.
Katram komandā tika dots savs darbs.
Each person on the team was given their own task.
Šo darbu vajag pabeigt līdz piektdienai.
This work needs to be finished by Friday.
Bērni sadalīja mājas darbus.
The children divided the household chores.
Viņš uzņēmās grūtāko darbu.
He took on the hardest task.
Pirmais darbs ir pārbaudīt datus.
The first task is to check the data.
Similar words
uzdevums
pienākums
darāmais
norīkojums
Organized operations
noun
administration
neutral
Ongoing organized activity carried out by an institution, group, or field.
Examples
Komisijas darbs turpinājās visu vasaru.
The commission’s work continued all summer.
Skolas darbs atsākas septembrī.
The school’s work resumes in September.
Pētniecības darbs notiek vairākās laboratorijās.
Research work is taking place in several laboratories.
Ministrijas darbs pēc reformas mainījās.
The ministry’s work changed after the reform.
Teātra darbs sezonā ir ļoti intensīvs.
The theatre’s work is very intensive during the season.
Glābēju darbs naktī neapstājās.
The rescuers’ work did not stop at night.
Similar words
darbība
process
norise
pasākumi
operācijas
Physical work
noun
physics
technical
The quantity of energy transferred when a force moves a body through a distance.
Examples
Fizikā darbs ir atkarīgs no spēka un pārvietojuma.
In physics, work depends on force and displacement.
Ja nav pārvietojuma, mehāniskais darbs ir nulle.
If there is no displacement, mechanical work is zero.
Spēks veic darbu, pārvietojot ķermeni.
A force does work by moving a body.
Šajā uzdevumā jāaprēķina darbs džoulos.
In this exercise, work must be calculated in joules.
Berzes spēka darbs samazina ķermeņa enerģiju.
The work of friction reduces the body’s energy.
Pozitīvs darbs palielina kinētisko enerģiju.
Positive work increases kinetic energy.
Similar words
enerģijas pārnese
Etymology
Inherited Baltic vocabulary, cognate with Lithuanian darbas and related in modern Latvian to darīt, meaning to do.
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Quiet Shrew
Jul 12
labs darbs is also the phrase every teacher writes on homework lol
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Olive Camel
Jul 10
Darbs somehow feels heavier than job to me. Like the thing itself, not only the position.
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Sleek Bison
Jul 9
i still say daudz darbs by accident. cases dont forgive u
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Plucky Manatee
Jul 3
Lithuanian has darbas too, so this word was one of my easy ones :)
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Frosty Lark
Jun 29
Nice phrase to add maybe: ķerties pie darba. It is the Latvian way of saying get down to work, and it takes pie plus darba, not darbu.
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Maple Octopus
Jun 20
for learners: esmu darbā means I am at work. eju uz darbu is I am going to work. I hear uz and want to use it everywhere, but nope, location is just darbā
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Sunny Canary
Jun 27
same pain here. pieņēma darbā also felt backwards to me at first
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Mild Firefly
Jun 15
The little trap is that darba is not only the genitive of darbs, it also sits in front of loads of work words: darba laiks, darba devējs, darba līgums, darba vieta. I kept trying to translate those as if darba was an adjective, and it made my Latvian sound clunky.