skirt oor Afrikaans

skirt

/skɜːt/ werkwoord, naamwoord

The part of a dress or robe that hangs below the waist.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Afrikaans

rok

My skirt is too long.
My rok is te lank.

romp

naamwoord

Most of them were barefoot, and the women were dressed in native skirts and wore bead jewelry.
Die meeste van hulle was kaalvoet, en die vroue het tradisionele rompe en juweliersware van krale gedra.

Soortgelyke frases

hoop skirt
Styvkjol

mini-skirt
minirok

denim skirt
Denimromp

hoop skirt
Styvkjol

voorbeelde

Only with his final glance did he notice how the door of his room was pulled open and how, right in front of his sister -- who was yelling -- his mother ran out in her undergarments, for his sister had undressed her in order to give her some freedom to breathe in her fainting spell, and how his mother then ran up to his father, on the way her tied up skirts slipped toward the floor one after the other, and how, tripping over her skirts, she hurled herself onto his father and, throwing her arms around him, in complete union with him -- but at this moment Gregor's powers of sight gave way -- as her hands reached to the back of his father's head and she begged him to spare Gregor's life.
Slegs met sy finale kort het hy opgelet hoe die deur van sy kamer was oop getrek en hoe reg is in die voorkant van sy suster - wat skree - sy ma het in haar onderklere, het vir sy suster afsny nie haar om te gee haar die vryheid om asem te haal in haar flou spel, en hoe sy moeder dan hardloop na sy vader, op die manier waarop haar vasgebind op rompe glip na die vloer een na die ander, en hoe, struikel oor haar some, gegooi het sy haarself op sy pa en gooi haar arms om hom, in ́n volledige unie met hom - maar op hierdie oomblik Gregor se magte van oë het - as haar hande raak aan die terug van sy pa se kop en sy smeek hom Gregor se lewe te spaar.

She looked small and slender and defenceless in her long navy skirt, white blouse and white sandals.
Sy lyk fyn en skraal en weerloos in haar lang donkerblou romp en wit bloese en wit sandale.

“One of the worst things,” admits a British youth named Jennie, “was for one of my schoolmates to see me all dressed up, in a skirt, carrying a book bag—looking a lot smarter than I did in school.”
“Vir my was dit een van die ergste dinge”, erken ’n Britse jeugdige met die naam Jennie, “as een van my skoolmaats my in ’n rok en met ’n boeksak gesien het—baie deftiger aangetrek as by die skool.”

Through the prophet Zechariah, Jehovah foretold: “It will be in those days that ten men out of all the languages of the nations will take hold, yes, they will actually take hold of the skirt of a man who is a Jew, saying: ‘We will go with you people, for we have heard that God is with you people.’”
Deur die profeet Sagaria het Jehovah voorspel: “In dié dae sal tien man uit al die tale van die nasies die slip van ’n Joodse man vasgryp, ja, hulle sal dit vasgryp en sê: ‘Ons sal saam met julle gaan, want ons het gehoor dat God met julle is’” (Sagaria 8:23).

I bet you look good in skirts.
Ek is seker jy lyk goed in'n rok

“The teenager’s skirt was already ripped and she was still putting up a fight when I got there.
“Die tiener se romp was reeds geskeur en sy was steeds besig om terug te baklei toe ek daar aankom.

The two young women were already running through the hall with swishing skirts -- how had his sister dressed herself so quickly? - - and yanked open the doors of the apartment.
Die twee jong vroue is reeds aan die gang deur die saal met die skuif van rompe - hoe het sy suster geklee haarself so vinnig - en ruk die deure van die oop? woonstel.

As we enter the luau grounds, we are greeted by a maiden in her ti-leaf skirt.
By die plek waar die luau gehou word, verwelkom ’n meisie in haar ti-blaarrompie ons.

They made grass skirts out of garbage bags and danced the hula around his room.
Hulle het grasrompe uit vullissakke gemaak en die hoeladans in sy kamer uitgevoer.

He's the first boy to flip my skirt.
Hy is die eerste seun wat my romp om te draai.

On his awaking at midnight, she identifies herself and, in compliance with the customary procedure followed by women when claiming the right to brother-in-law marriage, requests that he spread his skirt over her.
Wanneer hy teen middernag wakker word, identifiseer sy haarself en vra sy hom, ooreenkomstig die gebruiklike prosedure wat gevolg word deur vroue wanneer hulle op die reg op ’n swaershuwelik aanspraak maak, om sy kleed oor haar uit te sprei.

Not a single dress or skirt or petticoat in her cupboard.
Nie een rok of skirt of onderrok in haar kas nie.

These rocks once held down the skirts of buffalo-hide tepees (tents) to prevent them from blowing away in the wind.
Hierdie klippe is vroeër op die some van tepees (tente) van bisonvel gepak om te keer dat die wind hulle wegwaai.

“Picture it migrating more than 10,000 miles [16,000 km] a year from Alaska’s tree line to the rain forests of South America and back, skimming wooded peaks, skirting urban skyscrapers, and crossing vast stretches of open water in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.”
“Stel jou voor hoe hy elke jaar meer as 10 000 myl [16 000 km] ver migreer vanaf Alaska se boomgrens tot by die reënwoude van Suid-Amerika en weer terug, oor boombegroeide bergtoppe, om wolkekrabbers in stedelike gebiede en oor uitgestrekte plate water van die Atlantiese Oseaan en die Golf van Mexiko.”

All the women and girls, both adolescents and little ones, wear either a dress or a skirt.
Al die vroue en meisies, adolessente sowel as klein dogtertjies, dra ’n rok of ’n romp.

If it is a dress or a skirt, what about the length?
As dit ’n rok of ’n romp is, wat van die lengte?

For older married women, black kimonos with contrasting obi and colorful patterns in the skirts are most becoming.
Vir ouer getroude vrouens is swart kimono’s met ’n teengestelde obi en kleurryke motiewe in die rompe die betaamlikste.

As formal wear, a divided skirt, called hakama, is worn with the haori.
As formele drag word ’n broekrok, wat die hakama genoem word, saam met die haori gedra.

“It was hard at the beginning,” proudly recalls Petrona, a girl from Chamula, “but I felt very happy when I made my first wool nagua [skirt] and embroidered my first cotton blouse.
Petrona, ’n meisie van Chamula, sê trots: “Dit was moeilik aan die begin, maar ek was baie bly toe ek my eerste wol-nagua [romp] en my eerste geborduurde katoenbloes gemaak het.

16 In this “conclusion of the system of things,” those spirit-begotten Christians, who are Jews on the inside with a circumcision of their hearts, make up the Jew class that is foretold at Zechariah 8:23, where it is written: “This is what Jehovah of armies has said, ‘It will be in those days that ten men out of all the languages of the nations will take hold, yes, they will actually take hold of the skirt of a man who is a Jew, saying: “We will go with you people, for we have heard that God is with you people.”’”
16 In hierdie “voleinding van die wêreld” maak daardie geesverwekte Christene, wat innerlik Jode met ’n besnydenis van die hart is, die Jode-klas uit wat in Sagaria 8:23 voorspel is, waar daar geskryf staan: “So sê die HERE van die leërskare: In dié dae sal tien man uit al die tale van die nasies die slip van ’n Joodse man gryp en dit vashou en sê: Ons wil met julle saamgaan, want ons het gehoor dat God met julle is.”

She then went two steps towards Gregor and collapsed right in the middle of her skirts, which were spread out all around her, her face sunk on her breast, completely concealed.
Sy het toe gegaan het twee stappe in die rigting van Gregor, en reg in die middel van haar ineengestort rompe, wat was uitgesprei rondom haar, haar gesig het op haar bors, heeltemal verberg.

She fell soundlessly, except for the material of her skirt which fluttered softly in the wind, like a flag.
Sy val geruisloos, behalwe die geluid van die materiaal van haar romp, wat saggies in die wind wapper soos ’n vlag.

They are described as “ten men out of all the languages of the nations” who would take hold of the skirt of a spiritual Israelite, saying: “We will go with you people, for we have heard that God is with you people.” —Zechariah 8:20-23.
Hulle word beskryf as “tien man uit al die tale van die nasies” wat die slip van ’n geestelike Israeliet sou vasgryp en sê: “Ons sal saam met julle gaan, want ons het gehoor dat God met julle is.”—Sagaria 8:20-23.

We’ll use an acrylic gap sealant in the cracks around the window and skirting because this filler stays flexible and can cope with the movement between wood and plaster.
Ons sal ’n akrielverseëlaar in die krake om die venster en vloerlys gebruik omdat hierdie vuller buigsaam bly en die beweging tussen die hout en pleister kan absorbeer.

Tourists looked puzzled when they saw our group arrive at the beach, men dressed in shirts and ties, and women in dresses and skirts.
Toeriste het ons groepie verbaas aangekyk toe hulle ons op die strand sien aankom, mans in hemde en dasse, en vroue in rokke en rompe.