amputate

English

Etymology

From Latin amputō (“prune, cut away”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

amputate (third-person singular simple present amputates, present participle amputating, simple past and past participle amputated)

1. To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb

Translations

To surgically remove a body part

• Catalan: amputar (ca)
• Czech: amputovat
• Dutch: afzetten (nl), amputeren (nl)
• Finnish: amputoida
• French: amputer (fr)
• Galician: amputar
• German: amputieren (de)
• Greek: ακρωτηριάζω (el) (akrotiriázo)

• Italian: amputare (it)
• Novial: amputa
• Portuguese: amputar (pt)
• Russian: ампути́ровать (ru) impf, pf (amputírovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: amputirati (sh)
• Spanish: amputar (es)
• Swedish: amputera (sv)
• Tagalog: gapungin

Related terms

• amputation (noun)
• amputee (noun)

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Esperanto

Adverb

amputate

1. present adverbial passive participle of amputi

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Italian

Verb

amputate

1. second-person plural present indicative of amputare
2. second-person plural imperative of amputare
3. feminine plural of amputato

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Latin

Verb

amputāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of amputō