kverelema

Esperanto

Etymology

From kvereli +‎ -ema.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kverelˈema/
  • Hyphenation: kve‧rel‧e‧ma
  • Rhymes: -ema

Adjective

kverelema (accusative singular kvereleman, plural kverelemaj, accusative plural kverelemajn)

  1. quarrelsome, cantankerous, contentious
    • 1999, Anna Löwenstein, La ŝtona urbo, Antwerp: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, →ISBN, OCLC 46863861:
      Ŝi estis lerte elektita edzino por mia onklo, ĉar malkiel ŝi, li estis senpacienca kaj kverelema.
      She was an adeptly chosen wife for my uncle, because unlike her, he was impatient and quarrelsome.
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