parasitar

See also: parasitär

Catalan

Etymology

From paràsit + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /pə.ɾə.ziˈta/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /pa.ɾa.ziˈtaɾ/
  • Homophone: parasità
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

parasitar (first-person singular present parasito, past participle parasitat)

  1. (transitive) to parasitize

Conjugation


Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • parasitear

Etymology

From parasita + -ar.

Verb

parasitar (first-person singular present indicative parasito, past participle parasitado)

  1. (ecology, transitive) to parasitize (to live in a host organism)
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to parasitize (to take advantage of someone else)

Conjugation

  • parasitação

Spanish

Etymology

From parásito + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paɾasiˈtaɾ/, [paɾasiˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

parasitar (first-person singular present parasito, first-person singular preterite parasité, past participle parasitado)

  1. to parasitize
    • 2015 September 17, “La izquierda que pudo ser”, in El País:
      Partidos políticos agonizantes, junto con nacionalistas electoralmente estériles por su cuenta pero dispuestos a parasitar a cualquiera mientras puedan sembrar su mensaje, han vampirizado el proyecto.
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Conjugation

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