ŝpruci

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish שפּריצן (shpritsn) or German spritzen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃprut͡si/
  • Hyphenation: ŝpru‧ci
  • Rhymes: -ut͡si

Verb

ŝpruci (present ŝprucas, past ŝprucis, future ŝprucos, conditional ŝprucus, volitive ŝprucu)

  1. (intransitive) to gush, to spray
    • 1907, Bolesław Prus, trans. by Kazimierz Bein, La Faraono: Vol. 1, page 42
      En la mezo ŝprucis fontano; la vojetoj estis surŝutitaj per kolora sablo.
      In the middle gushed a fountain; the path had colored sand poured over it.

Conjugation

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