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Esperanto
Etymology
From al- + paroli (“to speak”).
Pronunciation
Verb
alparoli (present alparolas, past alparolis, future alparolos, conditional alparolus, volitive alparolu)
- (transitive) to address, speak to
- La alparolitoj silentis. ― Those who had been spoken to said nothing.
- Johán Valano (Claude Piron), Ili kaptis Elzan, Ĉapitro 6,
- Li sekve tre miris, kiam alparolis lin iom naza voĉo, al li tute nekonata.
- He was then quite surprised when he was addressed by a somewhat nasal voice completely unknown to him.
- (transitive, figurative) to speak to, appeal to
- Miroslav Malovec (translator), “Laŭdo de ĵurnaloj” by Karel Čapek, in La Ondo de Esperanto, 2000, №6 (68),
- Ne sufiĉas, ke ĝi alparolu nian imagipovon, ĝi devas esti antaŭ ĉio laŭeble hodiaŭa.
- It is not enough for to appeal to our imagination; above all, it must be as current as possible.
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