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From vampiro +‎ -izar.

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  • Hyphenation: vam‧pi‧ri‧zar

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vampirizar (first-person singular present vampirizo, first-person singular preterite vampirizei, past participle vampirizado)

  1. (transitive) to vampirize (to turn into a vampire)
  2. (transitive) to vampirize (to drain the resources of)
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lose energy due to an excessive amount of an activity

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Etymology edit

From vampiro +‎ -izar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /bampiɾiˈθaɾ/ [bãm.pi.ɾiˈθaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /bampiɾiˈsaɾ/ [bãm.pi.ɾiˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: vam‧pi‧ri‧zar

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vampirizar (first-person singular present vampirizo, first-person singular preterite vampiricé, past participle vampirizado)

  1. (transitive) to vampirize (drain the resources of)
    • 2015 September 17, “La izquierda que pudo ser”, in El País[1]:
      Partidos políticos agonizantes, junto con nacionalistas electoralmente estériles por su cuenta pero dispuestos a parasitar a cualquiera mientras puedan sembrar su mensaje, han vampirizado el proyecto.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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