parásito
/paˈɾasito/ · B2 · adj
parasitic
🦠 para- (beside) + sitos (grain/food) = one who eats beside you
From Greek parásitos: para (beside) + sitos (food). It first meant a dinner guest who ate at another's table, and now means a creature that feeds off a host. In Spanish it works as both noun and adjective.