zapaldu
Basque
editEtymology
editzapal (“squashed, flattened”) + -du (“verb forming suffix”)
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editzapaldu (comparative zapalduago, superlative zapalduen, excessive zapalduegi)
Declension
editDeclension of zapaldu (adjective, ending in vowel)
Verb
editzapaldu ? (imperfect participle zapaltzen, future participle zapalduko, short form zapal, verbal noun zapaltze)
- (intransitive) to step
- (transitive) to step on, to tread on (something)
- Ez egiteko esan nion arren, sugea zapaldu zuen.
- Even do I told her not to, she stepped on the snake.
- (transitive) to oppress
- Kapitalismoak langileok zapaltzen ditu.
- Capitalism oppresses the workers.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “zapaldu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “zapaldu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005