envenenar
Meaning
- (transitive) to poison
- (pronominal) to be poisoned; to take poison
- (figuratively) to spoil; to destroy
- (colloquial) to soup up (a car)
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ẽ.ve.neˈna(ʁ)/
Etymology
In summary
From en- + veneno (“poison”) + -ar. Compare Latin venenāre. Compare Italian avvelenare, Romanian învenina, Spanish envenenar.
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