parasitar

See also: parasitär

Catalan

Etymology

From paràsit + -ar.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to parasitize

Conjugation

Galician

Etymology

From parasito + -ar.

Verb

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

  1. to parasitize

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From parasita + -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.ɾa.ziˈta(ʁ)/ [pa.ɾa.ziˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pa.ɾa.ziˈta(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pa.ɾa.ziˈta(ʁ)/ [pa.ɾa.ziˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.ɾa.ziˈta(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.ziˈtaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.ziˈta.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧si‧tar

Verb

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

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From parásito + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paɾasiˈtaɾ/ [pa.ɾa.siˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pa‧ra‧si‧tar

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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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