parasitize

English

Alternative forms

• parasitise (UK)

Etymology

From parasite +‎ -ize.

Verb

parasitize (third-person singular simple present parasitizes, present participle parasitizing, simple past and past participle parasitized)

1. (biology) To live on or in a host organism as a parasite.
2. To behave as a parasite more generally.

   Synonyms: mooch, leech, sponge, suck

Derived terms

• parasitism
• parasitization

 

Translations

live off a host

• Afrikaans: parasiteer
• Belarusian: паразітава́ць impf or pf (parazitavácʹ)
• Bulgarian: паразитирам (parazitiram)
• Catalan: parasitar (ca)
• Dutch: parasiteren (nl)
• Finnish: loisia (fi), olla loisena
• French: parasiter (fr)
• Galician: parasitar (gl) f
• German: parasitieren, schmarotzen (de)
• Hungarian: élősködik (hu)
• Polish: pasożytować (pl)
• Portuguese: parasitar (pt)
• Russian: паразити́ровать (ru) impf or pf (parazitírovatʹ)
• Spanish: parasitar (es)
• Swedish: parasitera (sv)
• Ukrainian: паразитува́ти impf or pf (parazytuváty)
• Upper Sorbian: pochlěbować impf
• Vietnamese: kí sinh (vi)
• Yiddish: פּאַראַזיטירן (parazitirn)