zapaldu

zapal (“squashed, flattened”) +‎ -du (“verb forming suffix”)

• IPA^(key): /s̻apaldu/, [s̻a.pal̪.d̪u]

zapaldu (comparative zapalduago, superlative zapalduen, excessive zapalduegi)

1. oppressed

   Zapalduon oihua.

   The cry of the oppressed.

zapaldu ? (present participle zapaltzen, future participle zapalduko, short form zapal, verbal noun zapaltze)

1. (intransitive) to step
2. (transitive) to step on, to tread on (something)

   Ez egiteko esan nion arren, sugea zapaldu zuen.

   Even do I told her not to, she stepped on the snake.

3. (transitive) to oppress

   Kapitalismoak langileok zapaltzen ditu.

   Capitalism oppresses the workers.

• "zapaldu" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “zapaldu” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus