zapaldu

du/ad.

1.

a. ( kapela, fardela, paketea, kaxa ) to squash, crush, flatten out

b. ( zaurituz ) to crush, smash; mastak oina \zapaldu zion the mast crushed his foot

c. ( fruitua, mahatsak, e.a. ) to squash

2. ( oinez )

a. to step on, tread upon formala. ; oina \zapaldu didak! you stepped on my foot!; horrelako sugeak oinpean \zapaldu behar dira such snakes should be {stepped || trampled} on; buztana \zapaldu dioten katuak egiten dituen bezalako garrasiak like the howls a cat makes when it's tail is stepped on

b. azeleradorea \zapaldu nuen I stepped on the gas (USA) | I put my foot on the accelerator; inongo gurpilek \zapaldu ez dituzten gailurretan mountain tops where no wheels ever ran across

c. ( inon ) to set foot in; elizarik ez dut aspaldion \zapaldu, ez eta egingo ere I've never set foot in a church nor will I ever do so

d. ( apalduta utzi ) to trample on, walk all over

e. ( oztopo, e.a. ) to smash, walk over; pasa ezin denean, hesiak \zapaldu when you can't get around them, walk over fences

f. ( bultzaka, e.a. ) to push; eh, \zapaldu gabe! hey, quit pushing!

3.

a. ( lurra ) to level out, smoothe

b. ( metala ) to beat, hammer

4. (irud.)

a. ( matxinada ) to crush, quash

b. ( gobernuak herria, populua ) to oppress; \zapalduago ote aegoen gure hizkuntza 1.966a 1956an baino? was our language more oppressed in 1956 than in 1966?; herri zapaltzaileak eta herri \zapalduak oppres-sive nations and oppressed nations

c. ( etsaia ) to crush, overwhelm