parasita

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See also: parasitá

Catalan

Verb

parasita

  1. inflection of parasitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

Verb

parasita

  1. third-person singular past historic of parasiter

Galician

Verb

parasita

  1. inflection of parasitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology

See parasītus.

Pronunciation

Noun

parasīta f (genitive parasītae, masculine parasītus); first declension

  1. (female) parasite

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative parasīta parasītae
genitive parasītae parasītārum
dative parasītae parasītīs
accusative parasītam parasītās
ablative parasītā parasītīs
vocative parasīta parasītae

References

  • “parasita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “parasita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • parasita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Occitan

Adjective

parasita

  1. feminine singular of parasit

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧si‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin parasitus, from Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos, “person who eats at the table of another”).

Noun

parasita m or f by sense (plural parasitas)

  1. parasite
  2. (figuratively) leech
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

parasita

  1. inflection of parasitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paɾaˈsita/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: pa‧ra‧si‧ta

Verb

parasita

  1. inflection of parasitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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