svarmi

Esperanto

Etymology

From svarmo + -i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsvarmi]
  • Rhymes: -armi
  • Hyphenation: svar‧mi

Verb

svarmi (present svarmas, past svarmis, future svarmos, conditional svarmus, volitive svarmu)

  1. to swarm, seethe, throng, teem
    • L. L. Zamenhof (translator), “Ligo de amikeco” in Fabeloj by Hans Christian Andersen, Book 1,
      miloj da kuloj svarmas ĉirkaŭ la malgranda tendo
      thousands of mosquitoes swarmed around the small tent
    • George Baker and Don Harlow (translators) Hari Potter kaj la Ŝtono de la Saĝuloj (Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 6,
      granda amaso da turistoj svarmis antaŭ li
      a large crowd of tourists came swarming in front of him
    • Kazimierz Bein (translator), Patroj kaj filoj (Отцы и дети / Fathers and Sons), Chapter 22,
      La terkulturaj aferoj ne estis por li antipatiaj; li eĉ kun plezuro revis pri agronomia agado, sed nun aliaj pensoj svarmis en lia kapo.
      Farming details did not arouse any aversion in him; he used even to dream with pleasure of work on the land, but at this time his brain was swarming with other ideas (lit. other ideas were swarming in his head). (Constance Garnett translation, Collier, 1917)

Conjugation

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