Vocab: pingeline - tense
tense; intense; stressful; demanding; suspenseful; hostile; physically tight or tense
Building blocks
pinge- → tension, pressure, stress (related to the verb pingutama “to tighten, to strain, to exert”).
-line → an adjective-forming ending, meaning “-like, having the quality of, full of.”
So pingeline literally = “full of tension / pressure-like.”
How to use it:
Here is how you use the word “pingeline” ⬇️
Examples
Pärast pingelist nädalat kulus puhkus ära
Literally: “After stressful week spent vacation away”
Idiomatically: “After a stressful week, the vacation was well needed”
Pärast - Preposition - Indeclinable: "After"
pingelist - Adjective - Partitive Singular: "stressful"
nädalat - Noun - Partitive Singular: "week"
kulus - Part of the compound verb "kulus ära" - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: literally “was used up / consumed,” meaning “was much needed / served its purpose”
puhkus - Noun - Nominative Singular: "vacation"
ära - Part of the compound verb "kulus ära" - Indeclinable: literally “away / finished / used up”