Polyglot Dictionary

intoxicar

/intoksiˈkaɾ/

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)
intoxico
preterite (yo)
intoxiqué
past participle
intoxicado

Meaning

  1. to poison

    • Se intoxicó con setas.

      He got food poisoning from mushrooms.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

emponzoñar

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"; intoxicar is more medical and general, like food poisoning or intoxication.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

envenenar

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

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