explotar
Catalan
Etymology
From French exploiter, from Vulgar Latin *explicitare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [əks.pluˈta]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əks.ploˈta]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [eks.ploˈtaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
explotar (first-person singular present exploto, first-person singular preterite explotí, past participle explotat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/(transitive)
Conjugation
Conjugation of explotar (first conjugation)
Related terms
Further reading
- “explotar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡsploˈtaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.ploˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ex‧plo‧tar
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French exploiter.
Verb
explotar (first-person singular present exploto, first-person singular preterite exploté, past participle explotado)
- to exploit
Conjugation
Conjugation of explotar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Back-formation from explosión.
Verb
explotar (first-person singular present exploto, first-person singular preterite exploté, past participle explotado)
- to explode
Conjugation
Conjugation of explotar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of explotar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive explotar | dative | explotarme | explotarte | explotarle, explotarse | explotarnos | explotaros | explotarles, explotarse |
| accusative | explotarme | explotarte | explotarlo, explotarla, explotarse | explotarnos | explotaros | explotarlos, explotarlas, explotarse | |
| with gerund explotando | dative | explotándome | explotándote | explotándole, explotándose | explotándonos | explotándoos | explotándoles, explotándose |
| accusative | explotándome | explotándote | explotándolo, explotándola, explotándose | explotándonos | explotándoos | explotándolos, explotándolas, explotándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative explota | dative | explótame | explótate | explótale | explótanos | not used | explótales |
| accusative | explótame | explótate | explótalo, explótala | explótanos | not used | explótalos, explótalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative explotá | dative | explotame | explotate | explotale | explotanos | not used | explotales |
| accusative | explotame | explotate | explotalo, explotala | explotanos | not used | explotalos, explotalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative explote | dative | explóteme | not used | explótele, explótese | explótenos | not used | explóteles |
| accusative | explóteme | not used | explótelo, explótela, explótese | explótenos | not used | explótelos, explótelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative explotemos | dative | not used | explotémoste | explotémosle | explotémonos | explotémoos | explotémosles |
| accusative | not used | explotémoste | explotémoslo, explotémosla | explotémonos | explotémoos | explotémoslos, explotémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative explotad | dative | explotadme | not used | explotadle | explotadnos | explotaos | explotadles |
| accusative | explotadme | not used | explotadlo, explotadla | explotadnos | explotaos | explotadlos, explotadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative exploten | dative | explótenme | not used | explótenle | explótennos | not used | explótenles, explótense |
| accusative | explótenme | not used | explótenlo, explótenla | explótennos | not used | explótenlos, explótenlas, explótense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “explotar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024