vegetate

English

Etymology

From Latin vegetatum, past participle of vegeto (“I enliven, I arouse”)

Verb

vegetate (third-person singular simple present vegetates, present participle vegetating, simple past and past participle vegetated)

1. (of a plant) To grow or sprout.
2. (of a wart etc) To spread abnormally.
3. (informal) To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, un-challenging way.

Translations

To grow or sprout

• Esperanto: vegeti (eo)
• Finnish: itää (fi), versoa (fi)
• Ido: vejetar (io)

• Italian: vegetare (it)
• Spanish: vegetar (es)

To spread abnormally

To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way

• Finnish: oleilla (fi), oleskella (fi)

• Italian: vegetare (it)

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Esperanto

Adverb

vegetate

1. present adverbial passive participle of vegeti

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Italian

Verb

vegetate

1. second-person plural present indicative of vegetare
2. second-person plural imperative of vegetare
3. Feminine plural of vegetato

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Latin

Verb

vegetāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of vegetō