extralimitarse
Spanish
FWOTD – 25 November 2021
Etymology
From extra- (“beyond”) + límite (“limit”) + -ar (verbal suffix) + se (reflexive pronoun).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡstɾalimiˈtaɾse/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ɾa.li.miˈt̪aɾ.se]
- Rhymes: -aɾse
- Syllabification: ex‧tra‧li‧mi‧tar‧se
Verb
extralimitarse (first-person singular present me extralimito, first-person singular preterite me extralimité, past participle extralimitado)
- (reflexive) to overstep the mark, to cross the line, to go too far
- Synonym: pasarse
Conjugation
Conjugation of extralimitarse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “extralimitarse”, 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