envenenar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From en- + veneno (“poison”) + -ar. Compare Latin venenāre. Compare Italian avvelenare, Romanian învenina, Spanish envenenar.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Portugal, South) IPA(key): [ẽˈvnːaɾ]
Hyphenation: en‧ve‧ne‧nar
=== Verb ===
envenenar (first-person singular present enveneno, first-person singular preterite envenenei, past participle envenenado)
(transitive) to poison
(pronominal) to be poisoned; to take poison
(figuratively) to spoil; to destroy
(colloquial) to soup up (a car)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Synonyms ====
(to poison): intoxicar
(to spoil): arruinar
=== Further reading ===
“envenenar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“envenenar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Probably from en- + veneno. Compare Latin venenāre. Compare Italian avvelenare, Portuguese envenenar, Romanian învenina.
=== Pronunciation ===
(General) IPA(key): /embeneˈnaɾ/ [ẽm.be.neˈnaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: en‧ve‧ne‧nar
=== Verb ===
envenenar (first-person singular present enveneno, first-person singular preterite envenené, past participle envenenado)
to poison
Synonym: emponzoñar
to interpret maliciously
to make bitter
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“envenenar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025