envenenar

Meaning

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

Frequency

C2
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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