parassita

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.rasˈsi.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: pa‧ras‧sì‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin parasītus, from Ancient Greek παράσῑτος (parásītos, “person who eats at the table of another”). Ending reshaped by erroneous analogy with the suffix -ita, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Adjective

parassita m or f by sense (masculine plural parassiti, feminine plural parassite)

1. parasitic

   Synonym: parassitario

Noun

parassita m (plural parassiti)

1. parasite

Related terms

• parassitologia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

parassita

1. inflection of parassitare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• paratassi, ripassata, trapassai