Korean

졸이다

졸이다
Meaning: to boil down; to be anxious
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Inflected form
Base 졸이다
Present 졸인다
Polite 졸여요
Formal 졸입니다
Past 졸였다
Past + Polite 졸였어요
Guess + Polite 졸이겠어요
Connective 졸이고
Conditional 졸이면
Volitional 졸이자
Imperative 졸여라
Imperative + Polite 졸이세요
Attributive 졸이는 / 졸인 / 졸일

Example

She was anxious while waiting for the acceptance announcement.

Usage Notes

Literally means to reduce liquid by boiling, but figuratively used with '마음' (heart) or '가슴' (chest) to mean feeling extremely anxious or fretful.

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