bazopilkado

Esperanto

Alternative forms

bazpilkado

Etymology

From bazopilko (“a baseball”) +‎ -ado (“duration of action”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Rhymes: -ado
Hyphenation: ba‧zo‧pilk‧a‧do

Noun

bazopilkado (uncountable, accusative bazopilkadon)

(sports) baseball (game)
Synonym: basbalo

Oni ofte diras ke bazopilkado estas la usona "nacia ŝatokupo". ― People often say that baseball is the American "national pastime."

Usage notes

Using the Esperanto version of Google as a guide, basbalo receives three times the hits as bazopilkado. However many Esperantists object to this usage as being an Anglicism.

Meronyms

batanto (“a batter”)
batilo (“a bat”)
bazo (“base”)
bazopilko (“a baseball (the ball)”)
bazulo (“a baseman”)
enkampo (“infield”)
enkampulo (“an infielder”)
forkampo (“outfield”)
forkampulo (“an outfielder”)
ĵetanto (“a pitcher”)
kaptanto (“a catcher”)

Derived terms

bazopilkada