Dictionary · verb
forbalai
forbalai/for.baˈla.i/
Official root bala- (Fundamento, 1905)
forbalai is an Esperanto verb meaning “to sweep away”.
Meaning
to sweep away
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Definition in Esperanto
- Dispuŝi, perforte forigi
- mi forbalaos de ĝi ĝian polvon, kaj mi faros ĝin nuda roko
- mi [...] forbalaos la postesignojn post vi
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Pronunciation
- IPA
- /for.baˈla.i/
- Syllables
- for·ba·LA·i
- Listen
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Word structure
Forms
| infinitive | forbalai |
|---|---|
| present | forbalaas |
| past | forbalais |
| future | forbalaos |
| conditional | forbalaus |
| volitive | forbalau |
| active participle · ongoing | forbalaanta |
| active participle · completed | forbalainta |
| active participle · about to | forbalaonta |
Example sentences
- La inundo forbalais multajn domojn.A lot of houses were washed away by the flood. #611069
- Tom povis nur rigardi, kiel la rivero forbalais Mary.Tom could do nothing but watch Mary being swept down the river. #1786326forbalais → forbalai: to sweep away
- Ni devas forbalai la neĝon de sur la tegmento.We have to clear the snow from the roof. #1818390forbalai: to sweep away
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Related words
In other languages
| Français | balayer (éliminer) |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | wegfegen |
| Polski | wymiatać, zamiatać |
| Українська | змітати |
| Nederlands | wegvegen |
| Čeština | odmést, vymetat, vymést, zamést |
| Slovenčina | odmiesť, zmiesť |
| Magyar | elsöpör |
| 中文 | 横扫 |
| 日本語 | 掃き捨てる |
| Български | помитам |
| Català | eliminar, treure del mig |
| Bahasa Indonesia | menyapu bersih, menyapu habis |
| Беларуская | адмятаць, вымятаць |
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