(trokatu)

du/ad. ( orkatila, e.a.) to sprain, twist

du/ad.

1. (premiatu, bortxatu) to compel, make, force, coerce, oblige; i-r e-r egitera \behartu to make sb do sth | to {compel || force} sb to do sth | to coerce sb into doing sth; hori egitera \behartuta nengoen I was forced to do that; garbi dago horiek ingelesera behartzea isiltasunera kondenatzearen parekoa litzatekeela it's clear that forcing them to speak in English would be akin to condemning them to silence; egin nahi dut baina ez \behartuta I want to do it but not if I'm forced to; Estoniako errusiarrek ez dute estoniera ikasiko \behartuta ez badaude the Russians in Estonia aren't going to learn Estonian unless they're {forced || obliged} to; gizalegeak horretara \behartuta compelled to do so by common courtesy; agindu honek guztiok behartzen gaitu this command binds us all

2. (behartsu bihurtu) to impoverish, make destitute; goseteak guztiz \behartu zituen the famine make them totally destitute

3. (I) (NG) (trokatu) to dislocate; besoa \behartu du he's dislocated his arm

4. (bortxatu, h. g. indarrez \behartu) to rape, violate formala. da/ad.

1. (behartsu bihurtu) to become {impoverished || destitute}

2. to sprain, become sprained; zangoa \behartu egin zait I sprained my leg

3. (NB) e-z \behartu to depend on sth; belaontzia ibiltzeko haizeaz behartzen da the sailboat depends on the wind to sail