atzera bota
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Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From atzera (“backwards”) + bota (“to throw”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]atzera bota du (imperfect participle atzera botatzen, future participle atzera botako, short form atzera bota, verbal noun atzera botatze)
- (literally) to throw backwards
- (figurative) to reject
Further reading
[edit]- “atzera bota”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005