Esperanto

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Etymology

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From el- +‎ rigardi (to look at, behold, watch).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [elriˈɡardi]
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  • Rhymes: -ardi
  • Hyphenation: el‧ri‧gar‧di

Verb

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elrigardi (present elrigardas, past elrigardis, future elrigardos, conditional elrigardus, volitive elrigardu)

  1. to look out (at something)
  2. (obsolete) to appear, seem

Usage notes

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  • The second definition of elrigardi, although seen in the early Esperanto writings of Zamenhof and others, is rarely used today, with most speakers preferring to use the less ambiguous aspekti instead.

Conjugation

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