parasitic

parasitario

Relacionado con organismos que viven en otros seres vivos o con personas que dependen injustamente de los demás.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with a living thing that lives on or inside another, or someone who unfairly depends on others.

• The test found a parasitic infection.
• Scientists studied the insect's parasitic life cycle.
• The novel explores the family's parasitic relationship with its wealthy neighbors.

Expresiones frecuentes: parasitic infection, parasitic disease, parasitic relationship

parásito, parasitario

Que vive sobre otro ser vivo o dentro de él y obtiene de él su alimento.

En inglés sencillo: Living on or inside another living thing and taking food from it.

• Parasitic worms live inside animals.
• This parasitic plant takes nutrients from a tree.
• Some parasitic insects feed on their hosts' blood.

Expresiones frecuentes: parasitic worm, parasitic plant, parasitic organism

parasitario, explotador

Que obtiene dinero, ayuda u otros beneficios de los demás sin dar nada a cambio.

En inglés sencillo: Taking money, support, or other benefits from others without giving anything back.

• Their relationship became parasitic.
• He enjoyed a parasitic lifestyle at his parents' expense.
• The writer attacked wealthy owners for their parasitic behavior.

Sinónimos: exploitative, freeloading

Expresiones frecuentes: parasitic relationship, parasitic lifestyle, parasitic class

dependiente, parasitario

Que depende de otra idea del mismo tipo para tener significado o existir.

En inglés sencillo: Depending on another idea of the same kind for its meaning or existence.

• The two concepts have a parasitic relationship.
• His account of error is parasitic on his account of truth.
• The argument's meaning is parasitic on assumptions introduced earlier.

Cómo se usa: parasitic on something (This concept is parasitic on an earlier theory of meaning.)

Sinónimos: dependent, derivative

Antónimos: independent

Expresiones frecuentes: parasitic on something, parasitic concept, parasitic theory

elemento parásito

Elemento eléctrico no previsto que afecta a un circuito aunque no figure en su esquema.

En inglés sencillo: An unplanned electrical element that affects a circuit but is not shown in its design drawing.

• The model includes one parasitic.
• These parasitics affect the circuit at high frequencies.
• An unexpected parasitic changed the signal's shape.

Sinónimos: parasitic element

Expresiones frecuentes: circuit parasitic, unwanted parasitic, extract a parasitic