mengegas
Indonesian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editmêngêgas (passive digas)
- to gas: to give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
- (colloquial, figurative) to speak louder because of anger or upset.
Conjugation
editConjugation of gas (meng-, ambitransitive, monosyllabic stem) | |||||
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Root | gas | ||||
Active | Involuntary / Perfective |
Passive | Basic / Imperative |
Jussive | |
Active | mengegas | tergas | digas | gas | gaslah |
Locative | |||||
Causative / Applicative1 | mengegaskan | tergaskan | digaskan | gaskan | gaskanlah |
Causative | |||||
Active | mempergas | terpergas | dipergas | pergas | pergaslah |
Locative | |||||
Causative / Applicative1 | mempergaskan | terperaskan | dipergaskan | pergaskan | pergaskanlah |
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning. |
Further reading
edit- “mengegas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.