How do you say "all-out"?
by Grown, August 12, 2016
Messages: 6
Language: English
Grown (User's profile) August 12, 2016, 10:24:14 AM
erinja (User's profile) August 12, 2016, 2:38:45 PM
noelekim (User's profile) August 13, 2016, 3:23:25 AM
sudanglo (User's profile) August 13, 2016, 10:48:18 AM
adjective
1. using one's maximum powers ⇒ an all-out effort
adverb
2. to one's maximum effort or capacity ⇒ he went all out on the home stretch
So although the suggestions in Noelekim's link are good, it is a little surprising that 'maksimume' ,or some variant of that, isn't listed - given the above definitions..
Since we use 'mini-' and micro-as a prefixes in Esperanto, I see no reason why one shouldn't also use maks- similarly - e.g maks-rapide, maks-pove, maks-klopode etc - though often tut- or plen- will be fine and will be preferred.
For driving flat out, maks-rapide sounds better than tut-rapide.
Grown (User's profile) August 13, 2016, 12:37:02 PM
noelekim (User's profile) August 14, 2016, 2:55:04 AM
sudanglo:I've added 'maksimuma' to 'all-out' and 'maksimuma klopodo' to 'all-out effort'.
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So although the suggestions in Noelekim's link are good, it is a little surprising that 'maksimume' ,or some variant of that, isn't listed - given the above definitions..
What do you think of this ...:?
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