vabandama
Estonian
editEtymology
editVerb
editvabandama (da-infinitive vabandada)
- to apologize, to apologise
- to excuse (provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement)
- Synonym: õigustama
- to forgive, to pardon
- Synonym: andestama
Conjugation
editConjugation of vabandama (ÕS type 27/elama, no gradation)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “vabandama”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “vabandama”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “vabandama”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- vabandama in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)