Translation
full; complete, entire
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Examples
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The room was full of people.
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He has every right to do that.
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Her heart was full of joy.
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We waited a full hour.
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The book is full of mistakes.
What fills the thing takes or ; both are correct, and is far commoner. also means complete, which is why the great dictionary of the language is the and a collected works is a o. The root gives (to fill), a (empty), o (fullness) and , to fulfil or carry out - a promise, a duty, a wish. That last one is a separate word worth learning on its own; you cannot guess it from "full".
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Word family
Words built on plena with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- homplenaadjective
crowded, packed
homoplena: full of people
- malplenaadjective
empty
mal-plena: the opposite of full
- malplenigiverb
to empty
mal-plena-ig-: to make the opposite of full
- plenigiverb
to fill, to fill in
plena-ig-
- plenkreskaadjective
adult, full-grown
plenakreski
- plenlunonoun
full moon
plenaluno
- plenplenaadjective
chock-full, packed
plenaplena
- plenumiverb
to fulfil, to carry out, to accomplish
plena-um-
Used in
Stories
(3)Grammar articles
(7)Esperanto Affixes That Are Also Words: ilo, aro, eta, igi
Finvenkismo and Raŭmismo: Esperanto's Big Argument
Esperanto Fractions, Multiples and Groups: -on-, -obl-, -op-
Esperanto -ig- and -iĝ-: Making and Becoming
How to Actually Learn Esperanto, and Why It Is Faster
After the Esperanto Course: What to Do Next (Kien de Ĉi Tie)
The Esperanto Suffix -um: The Official Wildcard
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 3: plena, super, opinii and 5 more words.