explotar

Catalan

Etymology

From French exploiter, from Vulgar Latin *explicitare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [əks.pluˈta]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [əks.ploˈta]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [eks.ploˈtaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Northwestern) [eks.ploˈta]
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  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

  1. to exploit
  2. to explode

Conjugation

Further reading

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
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      Back-formation from explosión.

      Verb

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

      1. (intransitive) to explode
        Explotó mi PC.
        My PC exploded.
      Conjugation

      Further reading