ღვედის დამაგრება
“ღვედის დამაგრება” (ghvedis damagreba) — to buckle up in Georgian. Verb, level B1. There is no separate verb for buckling up: they say 'fasten the belt' or sheikari ghvedi — tie the belt. The live command in the car sounds exactly ghvedi sheikari. In a live sentence: “ღვედის დამაგრება ყველასთვის სავალდებულოა” — Buckling up is mandatory for everyone. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ღ, ვ, ე, დ, ი, ს, დ, ა, მ, ა, გ, რ.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ღვედის დამაგრება |
| Read in Latin letters | ghvedis damagreba |
| Translation | to buckle up |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
- ღვედის დამაგრებაghvedis damagrebato buckle up
Why it looks that way
There is no separate verb for buckling up: they say 'fasten the belt' or sheikari ghvedi — tie the belt. The live command in the car sounds exactly ghvedi sheikari
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- ღვედის დამაგრება ყველასთვის სავალდებულოაghvedis damagreba qvelastvis savaldebuloaBuckling up is mandatory for everyone
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to buckle up” in Georgian?
«ღვედის დამაგრება», read “ghvedis damagreba”. In a live sentence: “ღვედის დამაგრება ყველასთვის სავალდებულოა” — Buckling up is mandatory for everyone. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ღ, ვ, ე, დ, ი, ს, დ, ა, მ, ა, გ, რ.
How is “ღვედის დამაგრება” written in Latin letters?
ghvedis damagreba. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
There is no separate verb for buckling up: they say 'fasten the belt' or sheikari ghvedi — tie the belt. The live command in the car sounds exactly ghvedi sheikari. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.