Meaning of egin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to do
2. to do, make, create, produce
3. to cook
4. to spend (time)
5. to turn a certain age
6. [with instrumental] to speak (a language)
7. [with inessive] to play (a game)
8. [with allative] to turn
9. let's suppose
10. to become, to turn into
11. [with allative] to get accustomed to
12. to seem, to look
13. Used as a light verb to allow nouns to function as verbs. The resulting verbs usually take transitive auxiliaries, even when translated by intransitive verbs.
    auxiliary
14. Used as a verbal intensifier.
    auxiliary
15. Refers back to a previous verb.
    auxiliary

Equivalents

Examples

“kartetan egin”

to play cards

“Sei hilabete egin nituen basamortuan.”

I spent six months in the desert.

“Bihar 30 urte egingo ditu.”

He/she'll be 30 tomorrow.

“Egin dezagun ingelesez.”

Let's speak English.

“hitz egin”

to speak

“Etorri egin zara azkenean.”

You did come at last.

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