mengegas

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Indonesian

Etymology

meng- +‎ gas

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: mêngêgas
  • Rhymes: -as

Verb

mêngêgas (passive digas)

  1. to gas: to give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
  2. (colloquial, figurative) to speak louder because of anger or upset.

Conjugation

Conjugation of gas (meng-, ambitransitive, monosyllabic stem)
Root gas
Active Involuntary Passive Basic /
Imperative
Jussive
Active mengegas tergas digas gas gaslah
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 mengegaskan tergaskan digaskan gaskan gaskanlah
Causative
Active mempergas terpergas dipergas pergas pergaslah
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 mempergaskan terperaskan dipergaskan pergaskan pergaskanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

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