explotar

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [əks.pluˈta]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [əks.ploˈta]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [eks.ploˈtaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

explotar (first-person singular present exploto, first-person singular preterite explotí, past participle explotat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. to exploit
  2. to explode

Conjugation

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɡsploˈtaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.ploˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ex‧plo‧tar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French exploiter.

Verb

explotar (first-person singular present exploto, first-person singular preterite exploté, past participle explotado)

  1. to exploit
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Back-formation from explosión.

Verb

explotar (first-person singular present exploto, first-person singular preterite exploté, past participle explotado)

  1. to explode
Conjugation

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