viciar

(Engels)

  1. to addict (to cause someone to become addicted)
  2. (intransitive) to be addictive
  3. to spoil; to corrupt
  4. to adulterate
  5. (reflexive) to degrade, to fade

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/vi.siˈa(ʁ)/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin vitiāre (“to make faulty”). Compare with English vitiate.

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