vartar
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from German warten. Decision no. 47, Progreso III.
Verb
vartar (present vartas, past vartis, future vartos, conditional vartus, imperative vartez)
- (transitive) to await, wait for (someone, something)
- Ni ne volas vartar la treno pluse.
- We don't want to wait for the train anymore.
Conjugation
| present | past | future | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vartar | vartir | vartor | ||||
| tense | vartas | vartis | vartos | ||||
| conditional | vartus | — | — | ||||
| imperative | vartez | — | — | ||||
| adjective active participle | vartanta | vartinta | vartonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | vartante | vartinte | vartonte | ||||
| nominal active participle |
singular | vartanto | vartinto | vartonto | |||
| plural | vartanti | vartinti | vartonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | vartata | vartita | vartota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | vartate | vartite | vartote | ||||
| nominal passive participle |
singular | vartato | vartito | vartoto | |||
| plural | vartati | vartiti | vartoti | ||||
Derived terms
- vartigar (“to keep (someone) waiting”)
- vartanta (“waiting, expectant”)
- vartante (“while waiting, in the interim”)
- varteyo (“waiting place, waiting room”)