Translation
to offend, to insult
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Examples
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I did not want to offend you.
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His words offended the old gentleman.
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She felt offended and left.
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A joke like that offends nobody.
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If I have offended you, forgive me.
is transitive and takes the person, not the feeling, as its object: you offend someone, so . To say that you took offence, put the verb in the passive participle and let it describe you, as in or . The noun is the insult itself. Keep it apart from , which is being angry rather than being wronged, and note that is a good deal stronger than English offend in casual speech: it points at real injury to someone's dignity, not mild irritation.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 3: ofendi, vagonaro, ŝanĝiĝi and 7 more words.