χέζομαι
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈçezome/
- Hyphenation: χέ‧ζο‧μαι
Verb
χέζομαι • (chézomai) passive (simple past χέστηκα, active χέζω)
- (colloquial, vulgar, both literally and figuratively) shit oneself
- Το μωρό χέστηκε. ― To moró chéstike. ― The baby shat itself.
- Όλοι περίμεναν θάρρος, αλλά αυτός χέστηκε κι έτρεξε. ― Óloi perímenan thárros, allá aftós chéstike ki étrexe. ― Everyone expected courage but he shat himself and ran away.
- Θα χεστώ αν είν' αλήθεια! ― Tha chestó an eín' alítheia! ― I'll shit myself if it's true!
- (colloquial, vulgar, figuratively) be on the verge of shitting oneself, badly need the toilet
- Στη μπάντα, χέζομαι! ― Sti bánta, chézomai! ― Out of the way, I'm about to shit myself!
- (colloquial, figuratively) be rich in, have a lot of, be be rolling in (money)
- Αυτή δεν ενδιαφέρεται, χέζεται στα λεφτά. ― Aftí den endiaféretai, chézetai sta leftá. ― She doesn't care, she's rolling in money.
- (colloquial, figuratively, in the simple past only) be indifferent, not give a damn, not give a shit
- Χέστηκα άμα θα αργήσεις εσύ ή όχι. ― Chéstika áma tha argíseis esý í óchi. ― I don't give a shit if you are late or not.
Conjugation
χέζομαι
| Non-past tenses | Past tenses | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective | Present | Continuous future | Imperfect | |
| 1st person | sg | χέζομαι | θα χέζομαι | χεζόμουν, χεζόμουνα |
| 2nd person | χέζεσαι | θα χέζεσαι | χεζόσουν, χεζόσουνα | |
| 3rd person | χέζεται | θα χέζεται | χεζόταν, χεζότανε | |
| 1st person | pl | χεζόμαστε | θα χεζόμαστε | χεζόμασταν, χεζόμαστε2 |
| 2nd person | χέζεστε, χεζόσαστε1 | θα χέζεστε, χεζόσαστε1 | χεζόσασταν, χεζόσαστε2 | |
| 3rd person | χέζονται | θα χέζονται | χέζονταν, χεζόντανε, χεζόντουσαν | |
| Perfective | Dependent† | Simple future | Simple past (Aorist) | |
| 1st person | sg | χεστώ | θα χεστώ | χέστηκα |
| 2nd person | χεστείς | θα χεστείς | χέστηκες | |
| 3rd person | χεστεί | θα χεστεί | χέστηκε | |
| 1st person | pl | χεστούμε | θα χεστούμε | χεστήκαμε |
| 2nd person | χεστείτε | θα χεστείτε | χεστήκατε | |
| 3rd person | χεστούν, χεστούνε | θα χεστούν, θα χεστούνε | χέστηκαν, χεστήκανε | |
| Imperative | Imperfective | Perfective | ||
| 2nd person | sg | —3 | χέσου | |
| 2nd person | pl | —3 | χεστείτε | |
| Perfect tenses | ||||
| Perfect | έχω χεστεί, έχεις χεστείέχει χεστεί, … | |||
| Future perfect | θα έχω χεστεί, θα έχεις χεστεί, θα έχει χεστεί, … | |||
| Past perfect | είχα χεστεί, είχες χεστεί, είχε χεστεί, … | |||
| Subjunctive | ||||
| Continuous | The present tense form preceded by να, ας, etc | |||
| Simple | The dependent form preceded by να, ας, etc | |||
| Past perfect | The perfect tense form preceded by να, ας, etc | |||
| When multiple forms are listed above the first will usually be the most common; additional forms may be rare and not given by all sources. | ||||
| † The dependent form is not used independently, negative and tense forms of the verb are produced when the dependent is preceded by the appropriate particle. The dependent 3rd person singular, the non-finite form, is used with the auxiliary verb έχω in the most common perfect tense forms. 1. Colloquial forms 2. Identical to present tense form 3. The existence of these forms is doubtful | ||||
Related terms
- κατουριέμαι (katouriémai, “wet oneself”)