sobreexplotar
Spanish
Etymology
From sobre- + explotar (“exploit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sobɾeeɡsploˈtaɾ/ [so.β̞ɾe.eɣ̞s.ploˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: so‧bre‧ex‧plo‧tar
Verb
sobreexplotar (first-person singular present sobreexploto, first-person singular preterite sobreexploté, past participle sobreexplotado)
- (transitive) overexploit, overuse (especially a natural resource)
- (transitive) overwork
Conjugation
Conjugation of sobreexplotar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sobreexplotar”, 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