빗대다

to satire, to satirize, take jibes at

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
빗대는
아/어Infinitive
빗대
-으니Since
빗대니
합니다Formal
빗댑니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 빗대요빗댑니다빗대빗댄다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 빗댔어요빗댔습니다빗댔어빗댔다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 빗대겠어요빗대겠습니다빗대겠어빗대겠다
-을 것이다Going to 빗댈 거예요빗댈 것입니다빗댈 거야빗댈 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 빗대요?빗댑니까?빗대?빗대니?
과거Past 빗댔어요?빗댔습니까?빗댔어?빗댔니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 빗대세요빗대십시오빗대빗대라
청유Let's 빗대요빗댑시다빗대빗대자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 빗대요안 빗댑니다안 빗대안 빗댄다
-지 않다Not (long) 빗대지 않아요빗대지 않습니다빗대지 않아빗대지 않는다
못Cannot 못 빗대요못 빗댑니다못 빗대못 빗댄다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 빗대세요빗대십니다빗대셔빗대신다
과거Past 빗대셨어요빗대셨습니다빗대셨어빗대셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
빗대는
과거Past
빗댄
미래Future
빗댈
회상Used to
빗대던

Joining clauses

-고and
빗대고
-게-ly / so that
빗대게
-어서so / and then
빗대서
-으니까since
빗대니까
-으면if / when
빗대면
-지만but
빗대지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
빗대는데
-어도even if
빗대도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 빗대고 있어요빗대고 있습니다빗대고 있어빗대고 있다
과거Was doing 빗대고 있었어요빗대고 있었습니다빗대고 있었어빗대고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

빗대다.

to allude to

그들은 이슬람교도들을 동물에 빗대었습니다.

They likened Muslims to animals.

보노가 한 이야기 가운데 하이트-애쉬버리와 실리콘 밸리를 빗댄 이야기가 재미있었습니다.

I did enjoy Bono's comment linking Haight-Ashbury to Silicon Valley.

여러분은 이 작용을 음악을 작곡하는 것에 빗대어 생각해 볼 수 있습니다.

So you can sort of think about it like a musical composition.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 빗대다 in Korean?

빗대다 (to satire, to satirize, take jibes at) is 빗대요 in the polite 해요체, 빗댑니다 in formal 합니다체, 빗대 in casual 반말 and 빗댄다 in the plain written style. The past is 빗댔어요.

What is the past tense of 빗대다?

빗댔어요 in everyday polite speech, 빗댔습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 빗대 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 빗대다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 빗댑니다, 빗대, 빗대니 all keep 빗대 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 빗대다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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