Translation
to blow
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Word origin
From English blow, with German blasen standing behind it in the same Germanic family. The root goes back to a Proto-Germanic verb for moving air, distantly related to Latin flare ('to blow'), the source of English inflate.
- Origin
- Germanic (English blow)
- Root
- blow
- English cognates
- blow, inflate
Examples
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A strong wind blew all night long.
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He blew on the hot soup.
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The wind blew his hat into the river.
Note the accusative of direction in the third example: , into the river, not merely in it. The wind on its own; to blow something out is elblovi, and a single puff is o.
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Word family
Words built on blovi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- disbloviverb
to blow away, to scatter (by blowing)
dis-blovi: to blow in all directions
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 15, lesson 10: blovi, bari, disputi and 6 more words.