zapaldu
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Basque[edit]
Etymology[edit]
zapal (“squashed, flattened”) + -du (“verb forming suffix”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
zapaldu (comparative zapalduago, superlative zapalduen, excessive zapalduegi)
Declension[edit]
Declension of zapaldu (adjective, ending in vowel)
Verb[edit]
zapaldu ? (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.