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Basque
Etymology
zapal (“squashed, flattened”) + -du (“verb forming suffix”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
zapaldu (comparative zapalduago, superlative zapalduen, excessive zapalduegi)
- oppressed
Zapalduon oihua.- The cry of the oppressed.
- crushed
Declension
Declension of zapaldu (adjective, ending in vowel)
Verb
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.
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