gauza izan

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Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡau̯s̻a is̻an/, [ɡau̯.s̻a i.s̻ãn]

Verb[edit]

gauza izan ? (imperfect participle gauza izaten, future participle gauza izango or gauza izanen, short form gauza izan, verbal noun gauza izate)

  1. To have sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish X; to possess the qualifications rendering competent for some end; to be competent, qualified, able, capable, apt…
    zerbait egiteko gauza izan - to be able to do something.
    ez naiz egiteko gauza izan - I haven’t been able to do it.

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Further reading[edit]

  • "gauza izan" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “gauza izan” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
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