Polyglot Dictionary

emponzoñar

/emponsoˈɲaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Negative

Forms

present (yo)
emponzoño
preterite (yo)
emponzoñé
past participle
emponzoñado

Meaning

  1. to poison

    • Emponzoñó el ambiente.

      He poisoned the atmosphere.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

intoxicar

intoxicar is more medical and general, to poison or cause intoxication, like food poisoning; emponzoñar is literary, implying poisoning with venom or figuratively corrupting the atmosphere.

envenenar

envenenar is the everyday word "to poison"; emponzoñar is more literary or figurative.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

intoxicar

intoxicar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to poison."

Practice

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