vegetar

IPA^(key): /vɛɡəˈtɑˀ/, ,

vegetar c (singular definite vegetaren, plural indefinite vegetarer)

1. vegetarian

• vegetarisk
• vegetarisme

• “vegetar” in Den Danske Ordbog

vegetar

1. to vegetate

Learned borrowing from Latin vegetāre.

• Hyphenation: ve‧ge‧tar

vegetar (first-person singular present vegeto, first-person singular preterite vegetei, past participle vegetado)

1. (biology, of a plant) to vegetate (to grow or sprout)
2. (informal) to vegetate (to live in a dull, inactive or unchallenging way)

• “vegetar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “vegetar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Borrowed from Latin vegetāre.

• IPA^(key): /bexeˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ve‧ge‧tar

vegetar (first-person singular present vegeto, first-person singular preterite vegeté, past participle vegetado)

1. to vegetate

• “vegetar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28