Alparoli De La Eo Conj Address Miroslav Malovec Translator

alparoli

Etymology

From

Pronunciation

• IPA
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
  (
  key
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
  ): /alpaˈroli/
• Hyphenation: al‧pa‧ro‧li
• Rhymes:
  -oli
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/oli

Verb

alparoli (present

1. (
   transitive
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive
   ) to
   address
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/address
   ,
   speak to
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/speak_to

   La alparolitoj silentis. ― Those who had been spoken to said nothing.

   • Johán Valano (Claude Piron), Ili kaptis Elzan, Ĉapitro 6,

     Li sekve tre miris, kiam alparolis lin iom naza voĉo, al li tute nekonata.

     He was then quite surprised when he was addressed by a somewhat nasal voice completely unknown to him.

2. (
   transitive
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive
   ,
   figuratively
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative
   ) to
   speak to
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/speak_to
   ,
   appeal
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/appeal
   to
   • Miroslav Malovec (translator), “Laŭdo de ĵurnaloj” by Karel Čapek, in La Ondo de Esperanto, 2000, №6 (68),

     Ne sufiĉas, ke ĝi alparolu nian imagipovon, ĝi devas esti antaŭ ĉio laŭeble hodiaŭa.

     It is not enough for [the event] to appeal to our imagination; above all, it must be as current as possible.

Conjugation