envenenar

Portuguese

Etymology

From en- + veneno (poison) + -ar. Compare Latin venenāre, present active infinitive of venenō. Compare Italian avvelenare, Romanian învenina, Spanish envenenar.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.vɨ.nɨ.ˈnaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: en‧ve‧ne‧nar

Verb

envenenar (first-person singular present indicative enveneno, past participle envenenado)

  1. (transitive) to poison
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be poisoned; to take poison
  3. (figuratively) to spoil; to destroy
  4. (colloquial) to soup up (a car)

Conjugation

Quotations

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Synonyms


Spanish

Etymology

Probably from en- + veneno. Compare Latin venenāre, present active infinitive of venenō. Compare Italian avvelenare, Portuguese envenenar, Romanian învenina.

Pronunciation

  • (General) IPA(key): /em.be.ne.ˈnaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: en‧ve‧ne‧nar

Verb

envenenar (first-person singular present enveneno, first-person singular preterite envenené, past participle envenenado)

  1. to poison
  2. to interpret maliciously
  3. to make bitter

Conjugation

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