Meaning of knuto | Babel Free
ˈknutoDefinitions
knout (kind of whip)
Equivalents
Examples
““Iom post iom mi abomenis ĉian psikan kaj fizikan perforton”, definitive pritaksas li la edukmanieron “helpe de knuto kaj kuko”: “Necesas prilumigi suferitajn kruelaĵojn, kiujn hodiaŭ multaj homoj rigardas same senkritike kiel iame la faŝismon”.”
“Little by little I abhorred all psychological and physical violence”, he definitively assesses the method of education “with the help of a knout and a cake”: “It is necessary to shed light on the cruelties suffered, which many people today view as uncritically as fascism once did”.
“[…]despotismo de gustumita knuto cedis sian lokon al nenio alia, ol despotismo de negustumita kuko.”
[…] the despotism of a seasoned knout has given way to nothing more, than the despotism of an unseasoned cake.
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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