bazopilkado

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Esperanto

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From bazopilko (a baseball) +‎ -ado (duration of action).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bazopilkˈado]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Hyphenation: ba‧zo‧pilk‧a‧do

Noun

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bazopilkado (uncountable, accusative bazopilkadon)

Bazopilkada matĉo
  1. (sports) baseball (game)
    Synonym: basbalo
    Oni ofte diras ke bazopilkado estas la usona "nacia ŝatokupo".People often say that baseball is the American "national pastime."

Usage notes

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Using the Esperanto version of Google as a guide, basbalo receives three times the hits as bazopilkado. However many Esperantists object to this usage as being an Anglicism.

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