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mengegas

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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meng- +‎ gas

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [məŋəˈɡas]
  • Hyphenation: mêngêgas
  • Rhymes: -as

Verb

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mêngêgas (passive digas)

  1. to gas: to give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
  2. (colloquial, figurative) to speak louder because of anger or upset.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of gas (meng-, ambitransitive, monosyllabic stem)
root gas
active involuntary passive basic /
imperative
emphatic /
jussive
active mengegas tergas digas gas gaslah
locative
causative / applicative1 mengegaskan tergaskan digaskan gaskan gaskanlah
causative
active mempergas terpergas dipergas pergas pergaslah
locative
causative / applicative1 mempergaskan terperaskan dipergaskan pergaskan pergaskanlah

1 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.


Further reading

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