Meaning of aludi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to refer to something indirectly or by suggestion
   transitive
2. to make way for by subtle means; to hint, insinuate
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Henri Vallienne, Ĉu li? Ĉapitro 8,”

Never speak of the past, never awaken memories, never allude to events that could only cause me pain.

“Sofio kantis romancojn nerve, kun ia duonebria militemo kaj, kvazaŭ aludante ies malfeliĉon, ŝi elektis malgajajn, melankoliajn, kiuj parolis pri perditaj esperoj, pri pasinto, pri maljuneco...”

Sofya … sang nervously, with defiant recklessness as though half intoxicated, and she chose sad, mournful songs which dealt with wasted hopes, the past, old age, as though in mockery of (lit. alluding to) another’s grief. (Constance Garnett translation)

“L. L. Zamenhof (translator), “Kupra porko” (“The Metal Pig”) in Fabeloj by Hans Christian Andersen, Book 1, En malmulte da strekoj ĝi staris sur la papero, kaj eĉ la domo malantaŭe estis aludita. By means of a few strokes, it was made to appear on the paper; and even the house that stood behind it had been sketched in (lit. hinted at).”

“Johán Valano (Claude Piron), Ĉu vi kuiras ĉine? Ĉapitro 3, Li foje aludis, ke lia koro misfunkcias. He sometimes hinted that his heart was failing.”

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