Polyglot Dictionary

viciar

/biˈsjaɾ/

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)
vicio
preterite (yo)
vicié
past participle
viciado

Meaning

  1. to corrupt

    • El humo vició el aire.

      Smoke fouled the air.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

corromper

viciar means to corrupt or spoil, often habitually, like polluting the air or corrupting a habit; corromper is more general moral or systemic corruption.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

corromper

corromper is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to corrupt."

Practice

1 What does viciar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches viciar?

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