ponzoña

Meaning

Noun

poison; venom

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of ponzoñar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of ponzoñar:

ponzoñar

rare form of emponzoñar

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Concepts

poison

venoms

whopper

bee venoms

honeybee venom

Synonyms

veneno

tósigo

rejalgar

venenos

veneno de abeja

babaza

Translations

veleno

veneno

Gift

δηλητήριο

poison

venin

énormité

venin d’abeille

venim

veleni

veleni d’ape

veleno delle api da miele

virus venenum

virus

venijn

Hyphenated as

pon‧zo‧ña

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ponˈθoɲa/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: pōtiō

Cognate with Portuguese: peçonha

Cognate with French: poison

In summary

Deverbal from ponzoñar, from Vulgar Latin *pōntiōnāre (“to poison”), alteration of Latin pōtiōnāre, from pōtiō. Alternatively from Vulgar Latin *pōtiōnea, from Latin pōtiō, and a doublet of pozón; compare Portuguese peçonha. Cf. also French poison.