alivesti

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Esperanto

Etymology

From alia +‎ vesto +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aliˈvesti]
  • Rhymes: -esti
  • Hyphenation: a‧li‧ves‧ti

Verb

alivesti (present alivestas, past alivestis, future alivestos, conditional alivestus, volitive alivestu)

  1. (transitive) to disguise (someone), to dress (someone) up
    Ŝi estis tiel bone alivestita, ke mi ne konis ŝin.
    She was so well disguised that I didn’t recognize her.
    Mi volas alivesti min kiel princino.
    I want to dress up as a princess.
  2. (transitive) to change (someone’s) clothes
    • E. W. Amos (translator), La Tempo-Maŝino (The Time Machine) by H. G. Wells, Chapter 2,
      “Mi lavos kaj alivestos min, kaj tiam me revenos por klarigi la aferon [...]”
      “I'm going to wash and dress, and then I’ll come down and explain things [...]”

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