besto

See also: bèsto

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besto

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Etymology edit

From German Bestie, Italian bestia, Latin bestia.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈbesto]
Audio:
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Rhymes: -esto
Hyphenation: bes‧to

Noun edit

besto (accusative singular beston, plural bestoj, accusative plural bestojn)

Usage notes edit

Since the very beginning of Esperanto, besto has meant any member of the animal kingdom, including humans. However, because many Esperanto speakers interpret it as meaning "non-human animal", animalo was coined to explicitly mean any animal including humans.

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

bestod

Verb edit

besto

simple past of bestå

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

besto

first-person singular present indicative of bestar