prostituēt
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See also: prostituet
Latvian
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin prōstituō (“to prostitute”), made into a 2nd-conjugation verb (ending -ēt).
Pronunciation
Verb
prostituēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present prostituēju, prostituē, prostituē, past prostituēju)
- to prostitute (to make someone work as a prostitute, i.e., having sex for profit)
- (figuratively) to use in some humiliating way; to corrupt
- tautas partija prostituē gan politiku, gan varu, gan valsti un vispar visu, ko vien var prostituēt ― the people's party prostitutes the politician, the power (= government), the country and in general everything that one can prostitute
Conjugation
conjugation of prostituēt