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καπνίζω
to smoke /kapˈnizo/
verbB1#1517 most common
Also: to smoke (emit smoke), to be smoked (of food, passive)
Example sentences
Δεν καπνίζω.
I don't smoke.
Ο πατέρας μου καπνίζει πολύ.
My father smokes a lot.
Απαγορεύεται να καπνίζετε μέσα στο εστιατόριο.
It is forbidden to smoke inside the restaurant.
Προσπαθεί να κόψει το κάπνισμα, αλλά καπνίζει ακόμα κρυφά.
He is trying to quit smoking, but he still smokes secretly.
Αν συνεχίσεις να καπνίζεις έτσι, θα έχεις προβλήματα με την υγεία σου.
If you keep smoking like that, you will have health problems.
Παρόλο που οι γιατροί τον προειδοποίησαν επανειλημμένα, εξακολουθεί να καπνίζει σαν φουγάρο.
Although the doctors warned him repeatedly, he still smokes like a chimney.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | καπνίζω | κάπνισα | θα καπνίσω |
| 2sg | καπνίζεις | κάπνισες | θα καπνίσεις |
| 3sg | καπνίζει | κάπνισε | θα καπνίσει |
| 1pl | καπνίζουμε | καπνίσαμε | θα καπνίσουμε |
| 2pl | καπνίζετε | καπνίσατε | θα καπνίσετε |
| 3pl | καπνίζουν | κάπνισαν | θα καπνίσουν |
Word family
κάπνοςsmoke
καπνιστής / καπνίστριαsmoker (male/female)
κάπνισμαthe act of smokingκαπνικόςrelating to tobacco or smoke
καπνοπωλείοtobacco shop
Etymology
Καπνίζω is built from the noun κάπνος (smoke) plus the verb-forming suffix -ίζω, which turns nouns into verbs meaning "to do or produce X." So the word literally means "to make smoke" or "to produce smoke," and it covers both a person smoking tobacco and an object giving off smoke. The origin of κάπνος itself is not firmly settled among scholars, so no reliable Proto-Indo-European root can be given here.
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