zapaldu
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]zapal (“squashed, flattened”) + -du (“verb forming suffix”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]zapaldu (comparative zapalduago, superlative zapalduen, excessive zapalduegi)
Declension
[edit]Declension of zapaldu (adjective, ending in vowel)
Verb
[edit]zapaldu ? (imperfect participle zapaltzen, future participle zapalduko, short form zapal, verbal noun zapaltze)
- (intransitive) to step
- (transitive) to step on, to tread on (something)
- Ez egiteko esan nion arren, sugea zapaldu zuen.
- Even do I told her not to, she stepped on the snake.
- (transitive) to oppress
- Kapitalismoak langileok zapaltzen ditu.
- Capitalism oppresses the workers.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “zapaldu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
- “zapaldu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005