abusar

From abús +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βuˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.buˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.buˈzaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: a‧bu‧sar

abusar (first-person singular present abuso, first-person singular preterite abusí, past participle abusat)

1. (intransitive, abusar de) to abuse (use improperly)
2. to rape

   Synonym: violar

• abusador
• abusiu

• “abusar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Spanish abusar.

abusár

1. misuse, abuse

abusár

1. to misuse or abuse, to take advantage of

From abuso +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧bu‧sar

abusar (first-person singular present abuso, first-person singular preterite abusei, past participle abusado)

1. to abuse
2. to insult

• Kabuverdianu: abuza

• “abusar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From abuso +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /abuˈsaɾ/ [a.β̞uˈsaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bu‧sar

abusar (first-person singular present abuso, first-person singular preterite abusé, past participle abusado)

1. to abuse, to betray
2. to misuse
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, Guatemala) to get clever, to get smart, to wise up

   Synonyms: espabilarse, avivarse

• → Hiligaynon: abusar

• “abusar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014