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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin periclitari (“to be in danger”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɾikliˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pe‧ri‧cli‧tar
Verb
periclitar (first-person singular present periclito, first-person singular preterite periclité, past participle periclitado)
- to decay, decline, wither
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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