vartar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from German warten. Decision no. 47, Progreso III.

Verb

vartar (present vartas, past vartis, future vartos, conditional vartus, imperative vartez)

1. (transitive) to await, wait for (someone, something)

   Ni ne volas vartar la treno pluse.

   We don't want to wait for the train anymore.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vartar

		present		past		future
infinitive		vartar		vartir		vartor
tense		vartas		vartis		vartos
conditional		vartus
imperative		vartez
adjective active participle		vartanta		vartinta		vartonta
adverbial active participle		vartante		vartinte		vartonte
nominal active participle	singular	vartanto		vartinto		vartonto
	plural	vartanti		vartinti		vartonti
adjective passive participle		vartata		vartita		vartota
adverbial passive participle		vartate		vartite		vartote
nominal passive participle	singular	vartato		vartito		vartoto
	plural	vartati		vartiti		vartoti

Derived terms

• vartigar (“to keep (someone) waiting”)
• vartanta (“waiting, expectant”)
• vartante (“while waiting, in the interim”)
• varteyo (“waiting place, waiting room”)

See also

• expektar

References

• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 13, 210, 322, 423