skansa
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Maltese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian scansare.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
skansa (imperfect jiskansa, past participle skansat, verbal noun skansar)
- (transitive) to avoid, shirk
- Synonym: evita
- (intransitive) to escape (from death or misfortune)
- Synonym: ħeles
Conjugation[edit]
| Conjugation of skansa | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | skansajt | skansajt | skansa | skansajna | skansajtu | skansaw | |
| f | skansat | |||||||
| imperfect | m | niskansa | tiskansa | jiskansa | niskansaw | tiskansaw | jiskansaw | |
| f | tiskansa | |||||||
| imperative | skansa | skansaw | ||||||
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- ħarab (“to escape, flee, run away”)