acidigi

Esperanto

Etymology

From acida + -igi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /at͡sidˈiɡi/
  • Hyphenation: a‧cid‧i‧gi
  • Rhymes: -iɡi

Verb

acidigi (present acidigas, past acidigis, future acidigos, conditional acidigus, volitive acidigu)

  1. (transitive) to sour (something or someone), to turn (something or someone) sour.
    • 1910, E. L. Kearney (translator), La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) by Lewis Carroll, Chapter 9,
      Eble pipro estas ĉiam la kaŭzo kiu igas la homojn koleraj. [] Nur vinagro acidigas ilin, nur kamomilo maldolĉigas, kaj [] nur sukeraĵoj dolĉigas la infanojn.
      Maybe it’s always pepper that makes people hot-tempered [] and vinegar that makes them sour—and camomile that makes them bitter—and—and barley-sugar and such things that make children sweet-tempered.

Conjugation

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