prostituēt

See also: prostituet

Latvian

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin prōstituō (“to prostitute”), made into a 2nd-conjugation verb (ending -ēt).

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prostituēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present prostituēju, prostituē, prostituē, past prostituēju)

to prostitute (to make someone work as a prostitute, i.e., having sex for profit)
(figuratively) to use in some humiliating way; to corrupt
tautas partija prostituē gan politiku, gan varu, gan valsti un vispar visu, ko vien var prostituēt ― the people's party prostitutes the politician, the power (= government), the country and in general everything that one can prostitute

conjugation of prostituēt

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)	IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
1st pers. sg.	es	prostituēju	prostituēju	prostituēšu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	prostituē	prostituēji	prostituēsi	prostituē
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	prostituē	prostituēja	prostituēs	lai prostituē
1st pers. pl.	mēs	prostituējam	prostituējām	prostituēsim	prostituēsim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	prostituējat	prostituējāt	prostituēsiet, prostituēsit	prostituējiet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	prostituē	prostituēja	prostituēs	lai prostituē

RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	prostituējot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		prostituējošs
Past	esot prostituējis		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		prostituēdams
Future	prostituēšot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		prostituējot
Imperative	lai prostituējot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		prostituējam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		prostituējis
Present	prostituētu		Present Passive		prostituējams
Past	būtu prostituējis		Past Passive		prostituēts
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jāprostituē		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		prostituēt
Conjunctive 1	esot jāprostituē		Negative Infinitive		neprostituēt
Conjunctive 2	jāprostituējot		Verbal noun		prostituēšana