Eo Conj Almozpeti Louis Beaucaire Kruko Kaj Baniko En

almozpeti

Etymology

From

Pronunciation

• IPA
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
  (
  key
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
  ): /almozˈpeti/
• Hyphenation: al‧moz‧pe‧ti
• Rhymes:
  -eti
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/eti

Verb

almozpeti (present

1. (
   intransitive
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive
   ) to
   beg
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beg
   , ask for
   charity
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/charity
   • 1970, Louis Beaucaire, Kruko kaj Baniko en Bervalo,

     Li lombardas siajn meblojn, almozpetas surstrate, ĝis li havas la necesan monsumon.

     He hocks his furniture, begs on the street, until he has the necessary sum of money.

   Synonym:

   almozi
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/almozi#Esperanto

2. (
   figuratively
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative
   ) to
   beg
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beg
   for (something)
   • 1908, Henri Vallienne, Ĉu li? Ĉapitro Kvina,

     [...] mi lin petegis, mi min trenis antaǔ liaj piedoj, almozpetante rigardon, rideton, aman vorton.

     [...] I implored him, I crawled at his feet, begging for a look, a smile, a loving word.

Conjugation