pupate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English pupa

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English pupate

From pupa + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

pupate (third-person singular simple present pupates, present participle pupating, simple past and past participle pupated)

1. To become a pupa.
   • 2026 March 6, Jesse Andrews, directed by Daniel Chong, Hoppers (motion picture), spoken by Titus (Eman Abdul-Razzak):

     But first. Attend me, as I pupate!

Translations

to become a pupa

• Danish: forpuppe sig
• Dutch: zich verpoppen (nl)
• French: chrysalider (fr)
• German: sich verpuppen
• Hungarian: bebábozódik (hu)
• Russian: окукливаться (ru) impf (okuklivatʹsja), окуклиться (ru) pf (okuklitʹsja)
• Swedish: förpuppa (sv)
• Ukrainian: заляльковуватися impf (zaljalʹkovuvatysja), залялькуватися pf (zaljalʹkuvatysja)
• Welsh: chwileru

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