Dictionary · verb
alpafi
alpafi/alˈpa.fi/
alpafi is an Esperanto verb meaning “to shoot at, fire on”.
Meaning
- to shoot at, fire on (with a firearm, etc.)
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Pronunciation
- IPA
- /alˈpa.fi/
- Syllables
- al·PA·fi
- Listen
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Word structure
Forms
| infinitive | alpafi |
|---|---|
| present | alpafas |
| past | alpafis |
| future | alpafos |
| conditional | alpafus |
| volitive | alpafu |
| active participle · ongoing | alpafanta |
| active participle · completed | alpafinta |
| active participle · about to | alpafonta |
Example sentences
- Se oni alpafas vin, vi rajtas pafe rebati.If fired upon, you're permitted to return fire. #5585914
- Alpafu la krurojn!Shoot for the legs! #4198180
- La policano alpafis la pneŭon de ilia aŭto sed maltrafis.The police officer shot at the tire of their car but missed.alpafis → alpafi: to shoot at, fire on
- Sergio Pokrovskij (translator), La Majstro kaj Margarita (The Master and Margarita) by Mikhail Bulgakov, Part 2, Chapter 27,There [the animal] was fired on—unfortunately, equally without effect—by the guards stationed at the chimneys, and [the cat] disappeared in the light of the setting sun which was flooding the city at that hour. (Mirra Ginsburg translation, Grove, 1995)
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