almozpeti
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [almozˈpeti]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -eti
- Hyphenation: al‧moz‧pe‧ti
Verb
almozpeti (present almozpetas, past almozpetis, future almozpetos, conditional almozpetus, volitive almozpetu)
- (intransitive) to beg, ask for charity
- 1970, Louis Beaucaire, Kruko kaj Baniko en Bervalo:
- Li lombardas siajn meblojn, almozpetas surstrate, ĝis li havas la necesan monsumon.
- He hocks his furniture, begs on the street, until he has the necessary sum of money.
- Synonym: almozi
- (figurative) to beg for (something)
- 1908, Henri Vallienne, Ĉu li? Ĉapitro Kvina,
- [...] mi lin petegis, mi min trenis antaǔ liaj piedoj, almozpetante rigardon, rideton, aman vorton.
- [...] I implored him, I crawled at his feet, begging for a look, a smile, a loving word.
- 1908, Henri Vallienne, Ĉu li? Ĉapitro Kvina,
Conjugation
Conjugation of almozpeti
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