zapaldu
Basque
Etymology
zapal (“squashed, flattened”) + -du (“verb forming suffix”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s̻apaldu/, [s̻a.pal̪.d̪u]
Adjective
zapaldu (comparative zapalduago, superlative zapalduen, excessive zapalduegi)
- oppressed
- Zapalduon oihua.
- The cry of the oppressed.
Verb
zapaldu ? (present 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
- zapalkeria
- zapalketa
- zapalkuntza
- zapaltzaile
Further reading
- "zapaldu" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “zapaldu” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus