No. 409 in Latvian

pārāk

"Too" or "excessively."

In a sentence

Es biju pārāk noguris, lai pabeigtu darbu.
I was too tired to finish the work.
In this sentence, "pārāk" means "too" indicating an excessive degree of tiredness.
Filma bija pārāk skaista, lai būtu īsta.
The movie was too beautiful to be real.
Here, "pārāk" expresses a level that exceeds normal expectations or credibility.
Viņš runāja pārāk ātri, lai es saprastu.
He spoke too quickly for me to understand.
"Pārāk" is used to denote that the manner of speaking is excessively fast.

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