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Spanish
Etymology
From infra- + utilizar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /infɾautiliˈθaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /infɾautiliˈsaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: in‧frau‧ti‧li‧zar
Verb
infrautilizar (first-person singular present infrautilizo, first-person singular preterite infrautilicé, past participle infrautilizado)
- (transitive) to underutilize, underuse
2015 July 19, “Las olas de calor disparan la quema de carbón para generar electricidad”, in El País:Esto ha hecho que las infrautilizadas centrales de ciclo combinado hayan empezado a funcionar durante este mes.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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