Korean

Verb

이기다 • ‎(igida) ‎(infinitive 이겨 or 이기어, sequential 이기니)

1. to win, beat, defeat, gain (war, battle, fight, game, contest, competition)

   왔다, 보았다, 이겼다.‎

   Watda, boatda, igyeotda.

   I came, I saw, I won. (veni, vidi, vici.)

2. to overcome, surmount, suppress (crisis, hardship, temptation, etc.)

Synonyms

• 쳐부수다 (chyeobusuda, “to defeat, to destroy”)
• 물리치다 (mullichida, “to defeat, to fight back”)
• 억누르다 (eongnureuda, “to overcome, to surmount”)
• 승리하다 (勝利—, seungnihada, “to win”)

Antonyms

• 지다 (jida, “to lose”)
• 패배하다 (敗北—, paebaehada, “to lose”)

Derived terms

• 이겨내다 (igyeonaeda, “to overcome, to surmount”)

See also

• 싸우다 (ssauda, “to fight”)
• 싸움 (ssaum, “war, battle”)
• 다투다 (datuda, “to fight”)
• 다툼 (datum, “strife, contest”)
• 어렵다 (eoryeopda, “difficult”)
• 비기다 (bigida, “to match, to tie”)

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Verb

이기다 • ‎(igida) ‎(infinitive 이겨 or 이기어, sequential 이기니)

1. to knead (dough)

Synonyms

• 주무르다 (jumureuda, “to massage, to knead”)

Conjugation