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wom·an·iz·er

(wo͝om′ə-nī′zər)

A man who seduces or attempts to seduce women as a matter of habit.

wom′an·ize′ v.

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womanize

(ˈwʊməˌnaɪz) or

womanise

1. (intr) (of a man) to indulge in many casual affairs with women; philander

2. (tr) to make effeminate

ˈwomanˌizer, ˈwomanˌiser n

ˈwomanˌizing, ˈwomanˌising n, adj

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wom•an•ize

(ˈwʊm əˌnaɪz)

v. -ized, -iz•ing. v.t.

1. to make effeminate.

v.i.

2. to pursue or court women habitually.

[1585–95]

womanize

Past participle: womanized
Gerund: womanizing

Imperative
womanize
womanize

Present
I womanize
you womanize
he/she/it womanizes
we womanize
you womanize
they womanize

Preterite
I womanized
you womanized
he/she/it womanized
we womanized
you womanized
they womanized

Present Continuous
I am womanizing
you are womanizing
he/she/it is womanizing
we are womanizing
you are womanizing
they are womanizing

Present Perfect
I have womanized
you have womanized
he/she/it has womanized
we have womanized
you have womanized
they have womanized

Past Continuous
I was womanizing
you were womanizing
he/she/it was womanizing
we were womanizing
you were womanizing
they were womanizing

Past Perfect
I had womanized
you had womanized
he/she/it had womanized
we had womanized
you had womanized
they had womanized

Future
I will womanize
you will womanize
he/she/it will womanize
we will womanize
you will womanize
they will womanize

Future Perfect
I will have womanized
you will have womanized
he/she/it will have womanized
we will have womanized
you will have womanized
they will have womanized

Future Continuous
I will be womanizing
you will be womanizing
he/she/it will be womanizing
we will be womanizing
you will be womanizing
they will be womanizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been womanizing
you have been womanizing
he/she/it has been womanizing
we have been womanizing
you have been womanizing
they have been womanizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been womanizing
you will have been womanizing
he/she/it will have been womanizing
we will have been womanizing
you will have been womanizing
they will have been womanizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been womanizing
you had been womanizing
he/she/it had been womanizing
we had been womanizing
you had been womanizing
they had been womanizing

Conditional
I would womanize
you would womanize
he/she/it would womanize
we would womanize
you would womanize
they would womanize

Past Conditional
I would have womanized
you would have womanized
he/she/it would have womanized
we would have womanized
you would have womanized
they would have womanized

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Verb	1.	womanize - have amorous affairs; of men; "He has been womanizing for years" philander, womanise interact - act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues"
	2.	womanize - to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to; "This hairdo feminizes the man" effeminise, effeminize, feminise, feminize alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

womanize

verb

To be sexually unfaithful to another:

philander.

Informal: cheat, fool around, mess around, play around.

Translations

effeminare

womanize

[ˈwʊmənaɪz] VI → dedicarse a la caza de mujeres

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

womanize

[ˈwʊmənaɪz] womanise (British) vi → courir le jupon

womanize

vi → hinter den Frauen her sein; this womanizing will have to stop → die Frauengeschichten müssen aufhören; young men out for an evening’s womanizing → junge Männer, die ausziehen, um sich mit Mädchen zu amüsieren

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

womanize

[ˈwʊmənaɪz] vi → correre dietro alle donne

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