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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English victory, French vaincre, Italian vincere and Spanish vencer (compare Esperanto venki).

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  • IPA(key): /vinˈkar/
  • Hyphenation: vin‧kar

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vinkar (present tense vinkas, past tense vinkis, future tense vinkos, imperative vinkez, conditional vinkus)

  1. (transitive) to overcome, vanquish, conquer, master, defeat, get the bette of
    • 1927, Hans Höhle, Albert Lantos et. al., Lehrbuch der Weltsprache IDO für Arbeiter: Lernolibro por laboristi, page 120:
      Se tu ja havas kelka samideani, tu povas plu facile vinkar ca rezisto.
      If you already have some comrades, you can overcome this resistance more easily.
  2. (intransitive) to win; be victorious

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vinkar

  1. indefinite plural of vink

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vinkar

  1. present indicative of vinka

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