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TOPIK 6verb

짓이기다

jinnigida [진니기다]

짓이겨요 · 짓이겼어요 · 짓이길 거예요 · 짓이기세요

to crush, to mash, to trample

Example

마늘을 칼등으로 잘게 짓이겨서 찌개에 넣으세요.

Crush the garlic finely with the back of a knife and add it to the stew.

Word parts

짓- (roughly, hard) + 이기다 (to knead, mash) — not 이기다 'to win'.

Good to know

Pronounced [진니기다] — an added ㄴ plus nasalization.