Esperanto Word of the Day
legi
/LE-gi/ • verb — 4th of May, 2026
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Meaning: to read (to look at and understand written or printed material)
Examples
- Mi legas novaĵojn en la mateno.
(I read the news in the morning.) - Ĉu vi volas legi ĉi tiun leteron?
(Do you want to read this letter?) - Mi legis la libron hieraŭ.
(I read the book yesterday.)
Synonyms
- tralegi
- foliumi
- legumi
Use 'legi' for reading anything written (books, articles, letters). It conjugates regularly (infinitive legi, present legas, past legis, future legos). Related verbs: 'tralegi' (to read through), 'foliumi' (to leaf through), and 'legumi' (to browse or read casually).
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