Infinitive
almozpeti
Forms
Tenses
| Present | almozpetas |
| Past | almozpetis |
| Future | almozpetos |
| Conditional | almozpetus |
| Imperative | almozpetu! |
Participles
| Active past | almozpetinta |
| Active present | almozpetanta |
| Active future | almozpetonta |
| Passive past | almozpetita |
| Passive present | almozpetta |
| Passive future | almozpetota |
Etymology
From almozo (“charity”) + peti (“to request”).
Sample Sentences
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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.) [1970, Louis Beaucaire, Kruko kaj Baniko en Bervalo:]
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1908, Henri Vallienne, Ĉu li? Ĉapitro Kvina,
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[...] 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.)
Translations
beg, to request the help of someone, often in the form of money