parasitismo

Galician

Etymology

From parásito +‎ -ismo.

Noun

parasitismo m (uncountable)

1. parasitism

Portuguese

Etymology

From parasita +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.ziˈt͡ʃiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.ziˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.ziˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.ziˈt͡ʃiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.ziˈtiʒ.mu/

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧si‧tis‧mo

Noun

parasitismo m (plural parasitismos)

1. (ecology) parasitism (interaction in which one organism benefits at the expense of another without killing them)
2. (figuratively) parasitism (the practice of taking advantage of others)

Spanish

Etymology

From parásito +‎ -ismo.

Noun

parasitismo m (uncountable)

1. parasitism

Further reading

• “parasitismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014