vampirizar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From vampiro + -izar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vɐ̃.pi.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/ [vɐ̃.pi.ɾiˈza(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /vɐ̃.pi.ɾiˈza(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /vɐ̃.pi.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/ [vɐ̃.pi.ɾiˈza(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vɐ̃.pi.ɾiˈza(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɐ̃.pi.ɾiˈzaɾ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ̃.pi.ɾiˈzaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /vɐ̃.pi.ɾiˈza.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: vam‧pi‧ri‧zar

Verb

vampirizar (first-person singular present vampirizo, first-person singular preterite vampirizei, past participle vampirizado)

  1. (transitive) to vampirize (to turn into a vampire)
  2. (transitive) to vampirize (to drain the resources of)
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lose energy due to an excessive amount of an activity

Conjugation

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From vampiro + -izar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /bampiɾiˈθaɾ/ [bãm.pi.ɾiˈθaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /bampiɾiˈsaɾ/ [bãm.pi.ɾiˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: vam‧pi‧ri‧zar

Verb

vampirizar (first-person singular present vampirizo, first-person singular preterite vampiricé, past participle vampirizado)

  1. (transitive) to vampirize (drain the resources of)
    • 2015 September 17, “La izquierda que pudo ser”, in El País:
      Partidos políticos agonizantes, junto con nacionalistas electoralmente estériles por su cuenta pero dispuestos a parasitar a cualquiera mientras puedan sembrar su mensaje, han vampirizado el proyecto.
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