bazopilkado
Esperanto edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From bazopilko (“a baseball”) + -ado (“duration of action”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bazopilkado (uncountable, accusative bazopilkadon)
- (sports) baseball (game)
- Synonym: basbalo
- Oni ofte diras ke bazopilkado estas la usona "nacia ŝatokupo". ― People often say that baseball is the American "national pastime."
Usage notes edit
Using the Esperanto version of Google as a guide, basbalo receives three times the hits as bazopilkado. However many Esperantists object to this usage as being an Anglicism.