악화하다

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Korean

Etymology

악화(惡化) (akhwa) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?akhwahada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?aghwahada
McCune–Reischauer?akhwahada
Yale Romanization?ak.hwahata

Verb

악화하다 (akhwahada) (infinitive 악화해 or 악화하여, sequential 악화하니)

  1. (intransitive) to worsen, to deteriorate, to degenerate, to take a turn for the worse
    Antonym: 호전(好轉)하다 (hojeonhada)
    그러자 상황 악화했다.Geureoja sanghwang-i akhwahaetda. and then the situation got worse.
  2. (transitive) to make worse, to aggravate, to exacerbate
    Synonym: 악화(惡化)시키다 (akhwasikida)

Conjugation