Meaning of foresto | Babel Free

Definitions

1. absence
   uncountable
2. Equivalent to 'absence': A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship

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Examples

“Por gardi la familion, dum la foresto de la edzo, estas nur maljuna servistino kaj dudekjara servisto.”

To look after the family during the husband's absence, there are only an old maid and a 20-year-old servant.

“1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Jesaja 34:16. Eĉ unu el ili ne mankos, unu ne sentos foreston de alia.”

Not even one of them will be missing, one will not feel the absence of another.

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