Meanings
verbpupate (third-person singular simple present pupates, present participle pupating, simple past and past participle pupated)
present singular third person pupates · participle present pupating · participle past pupated · past pupated
- To become a pupa.
But first. Attend me, as I pupate!
2026 March 6, Jesse Andrews, directed by Daniel Chong, Hoppers (motion picture), spoken by Titus (Eman Abdul-Razzak)
Origin
From pupa + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish forpuppe sig
- forpuppe sigto become a pupa
Dutch zich verpoppen
- zich verpoppento become a pupa
French chrysalider
- chrysaliderto become a pupa
German sich verpuppen
- sich verpuppento become a pupa
Hungarian bebábozódik
- bebábozódikto become a pupa
Russian окукливаться, окуклиться
- окукливаться (okuklivatʹsja)to become a pupa
- окуклиться (okuklitʹsja)to become a pupa
Swedish förpuppa
- förpuppato become a pupa
Ukrainian заляльковуватися, залялькуватися
- заляльковуватися (zaljalʹkovuvatysja)to become a pupa
- залялькуватися (zaljalʹkuvatysja)to become a pupa
Welsh chwileru
- chwileruto become a pupa
Cite this entry
APA
pupate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pupate
MLA
“pupate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pupate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pupate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pupate.
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