koaktar
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French [Term?].
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
koaktar (present tense koaktas, past tense koaktis, future tense koaktos, imperative koaktez, conditional koaktus)
- (transitive) to constrain, coerce, oblige, compel, force
- Respekto, gratitudo, autoritato koaktas me silencar.
- Respect, gratitude, authority compel me to be silent.
- Ne koatkez il.
- Do not use compulsion with him.
Usage notes edit
This refers espacially to moral; social, intellectual compulsion, rather than physical force; cf. forco, forsar.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of koaktar
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present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | koaktar | koaktir | koaktor | ||||
| tense | koaktas | koaktis | koaktos | ||||
| conditional | koaktus | ||||||
| imperative | koaktez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | koaktanta | koaktinta | koaktonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | koaktante | koaktinte | koaktonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | koaktanto | koaktinto | koaktonto | |||
| plural | koaktanti | koaktinti | koaktonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | koaktata | koaktita | koaktota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | koaktate | koaktite | koaktote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | koaktato | koaktito | koaktoto | |||
| plural | koaktati | koaktiti | koaktoti | ||||
Derived terms edit
- koaktanta, koaktiva (“coactive, coercive power”)
- koakto-kamizolo (“straitjacket”)