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explotar

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Catalan

Etymology

From French exploiter, from Vulgar Latin *explicitare.

Pronunciation

Verb

explotar (first-person singular present exploto, first-person singular preterite explotí, past participle explotat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/(transitive)

  1. to exploit
  2. to explode

Conjugation

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɡsploˈtaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.ploˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ex‧plo‧tar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French exploiter.

Verb

explotar (first-person singular present exploto, first-person singular preterite exploté, past participle explotado)

  1. to exploit
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Back-formation from explosión.

Verb

explotar (first-person singular present exploto, first-person singular preterite exploté, past participle explotado)

  1. to explode
Conjugation

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