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λιώνω

λιώνω

Greek

Alternative forms

Verb

λιώνω (lióno) (simple past έλιωσα)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) melt (make something liquid by heat)
    Φάε το παγωτό σου πριν λιώσει.Fáe to pagotó sou prin liósei. ― Eat your ice cream before it melts.
    Λιώστε το βούτυρο και προσθέστε το στην ζάχαρη.Lióste to voútyro kai prosthéste to stin záchari. ― Melt the butter and add to sugar.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) dissolve (make something blend into liquid)
    Το χάπι έλιωσε στο ποτήρι.To chápi éliose sto potíri. ― The pill melted in the glass.
    Πρέπει να λιώσεις την ασπιρίνη με νερό πρώτα.Prépei na lióseis tin aspiríni me neró próta. ― You have to dissolve the aspirin in water first.
  3. (transitive) crush, mash (reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure)
    Μηχανή για να λιώσεις σταφύλια.Michaní gia na lióseis stafýlia. ― A machine that crushes grapes.
  4. (transitive, figuratively) crush, destroy (completely eradicate someone/something)
    Αν δεν παραιτηθείς, θα σε λιώσω.An den paraititheís, tha se lióso. ― If you don't give up, I will destroy you.
  5. (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) wear out (break down or destroy by overuse)
    Έχω λιώσει πολλά παπούτσια.Écho liósei pollá papoútsia. ― I've worn out many shoes.
    Το λάστιχο του αυτοκινητου έλιωσε.To lásticho tou aftokinitou éliose. ― The car's tyre has worn out.
  6. (intransitive, figuratively) lose a lot of weight, become very thin (through illness etc)
    Η καημένη η γιαγιά έλιωσε από την αρρώστια.I kaiméni i giagiá éliose apó tin arróstia. ― Poor Granny has become skin and bones from the illness.
  7. (intransitive, figuratively) be exhausted (through overwork, exertion etc)
    Λιώνω από την δουλειά τις περασμένες εβδομάδες.Lióno apó tin douleiá tis perasménes evdomádes. ― I'm drowning in work these past few weeks.
  8. (intransitive, figuratively) burn up (usually through love or infatuation)
    Λιώνω γι' αυτόν αλλά αυτός ούτε με ξέρει.Lióno gi' aftón allá aftós oúte me xérei. ― I'm burning up over him but he doesn't even known me.
  9. (intransitive, figuratively, of a corpse) decompose, rot
    Όταν λιώσει το σώμα, τότε θα κάνουμε την εκταφή των οστών.Ótan liósei to sóma, tóte tha kánoume tin ektafí ton ostón. ― When the body decomposes, then we'll exhume the bones.

Usage notes

This is the most common spelling. Babiniotis, in his dictionary, uses the spelling λειώνω which strictly speaking is more etymologically accurate.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (melt): υγροποιώ (ygropoió), ρευστοποιώ (refstopoió), τήκω (tíko)
  • (dissolve): διαλύω (dialýo)
  • (crush, mash): συνθλίβω (synthlívo), συντρίβω (syntrívo), πολτοποιώ (poltopoió)
  • (wear out): παλιώνω (palióno)
  • (lose weight): αδυνατίζω (adynatízo)
  • (decompose, rot): σαπίζω (sapízo)

Antonyms

  • (melt): παγώνω (pagóno, congeal, freeze), πήζω (pízo, congeal, curdle)
  • (lose weight): παχαίνω (pachaíno, gain weight, fatten), γεμίζω (gemízo, fill in, fatten)