No. 946 in Latvian
pārtraukt
"To interrupt" or "to stop."
In a sentence
Es nevaru uzreiz pārtraukt šo sarunu.
I cannot immediately interrupt this conversation.
In this sentence, "pārtraukt" is used in the sense of 'interrupting' an ongoing activity, specifically the conversation, signifying ceasing or pausing it abruptly.
Lūdzu, pārtrauc skaļi runāt.
Please stop speaking loudly.
Here, "pārtraukt" means 'to stop' or 'to make an action cease,' in this case, stopping the action of speaking loudly.
Viņi nolēma pārtraukt projektu resursu trūkuma dēļ.
They decided to discontinue the project due to lack of resources.
In this sentence, "pārtraukt" is used to mean 'to terminate' or 'to discontinue' something, here referring to a project.
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