Dictionary · verb
pentofari
pentofari/pen.toˈfa.ri/
Official root pent- (Fundamento, 1905)
pentofari is an Esperanto verb meaning “do penance”.
Meaning
- to make up for one's wrongdoing with good actions, to do penance
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org
do penance
Reta Vortaro (ReVo), GPL 2.0
Definition in Esperanto
- Liberiĝi de peko aŭ kulpo per pentaj suferoj, pia vivo, bonaj agoj
- li rifuĝis en monaĥejon, por pentofari tie pro la junulaj pekoj
- pentofare vipante sin mem
Reta Vortaro (ReVo), GPL 2.0 · reta-vortaro.de
Pronunciation
- IPA
- /pen.toˈfa.ri/
- Syllables
- pen·to·FA·ri
- Listen
- Wikimedia Commons
Word structure
Forms
| infinitive | pentofari |
|---|---|
| present | pentofaras |
| past | pentofaris |
| future | pentofaros |
| conditional | pentofarus |
| volitive | pentofaru |
| active participle · ongoing | pentofaranta |
| active participle · completed | pentofarinta |
| active participle · about to | pentofaronta |
Example sentences
- Vi pentofaros pro tio.You're going to pay for this. #2345544pentofaros → pentofari: to make up for one's wrongdoing with good actions, to do penance
Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR
Related words
In other languages
| Français | faire pénitence |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Buße tun, büßen |
| Polski | kajać się, odpokutować |
| Русский | искупать грехи |
| Українська | покутувати, відбувати покуту |
| Nederlands | boete doen |
| Čeština | vykonat pokání, činit pokání |
| Slovenčina | konať pokánie |
| Magyar | vezekel, bűnbánatot tart |
| 中文 | 悔过 |
| 日本語 | 罪を償う |
| Română | mărturisesc pocăit |
| Svenska | göra bot |
| Bahasa Indonesia | menebus dosa |
| Беларуская | выкупаць грахі, адкупаць грахі |
Reta Vortaro (ReVo), GPL 2.0
Pronunciation, structure and forms: Esperantopedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
If Esperantopedia helped you, you can support it.