viciar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vitiāre, present active infinitive of vitiō (“I make faulty”).

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /vi.si.ˈa(ɾ)/, /vi.si.ˈa(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.si.ˈa(ɾ)/, /vi.si.ˈa(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /viˈsjaɾ/

Verb

viciar (first-person singular present indicative vicio, past participle viciado)

  1. to addict (to cause someone to become addicted)
    Seus amigos o viciaram em drogas.
    His friends addicted him to drugs.
    Este jogo me viciou.
    This game got me addicted.
  2. (intransitive) to be addictive
    Cigarro vicia.
    Cigarettes are addictive.
  3. to spoil; to corrupt
    O fedor viciou o quarto.
    The stench spoiled the room.
  4. to adulterate
    Os dados foram viciados.
    The dice have been adultered.

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • desviciar

Derived terms

  • reviciar
  • viciação
  • viciado
  • viciador
  • viciamento

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vitiāre, present active infinitive of vitiō.

Verb

viciar (first-person singular present vicio, first-person singular preterite vicié, past participle viciado)

  1. to distort

Conjugation

        Conjugation of viciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    infinitive viciar
    gerund viciando
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular viciado viciada
    plural viciados viciadas
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    indicative yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present vicio viciastú
    viciásvos    		 vicia viciamos viciáis vician
    imperfect viciaba viciabas viciaba viciábamos viciabais viciaban
    preterite vicié viciaste vició viciamos viciasteis viciaron
    future viciaré viciarás viciará viciaremos viciaréis viciarán
    conditional viciaría viciarías viciaría viciaríamos viciaríais viciarían
    subjunctive yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present vicie viciestú
    viciésvos2    		 vicie viciemos viciéis vicien
    imperfect
    (ra)    		 viciara viciaras viciara viciáramos viciarais viciaran
    imperfect
    (se)    		 viciase viciases viciase viciásemos viciaseis viciasen
    future1 viciare viciares viciare viciáremos viciareis viciaren
    imperative — tú
    vos    		 usted nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ustedes
    affirmative viciatú
    viciávos    		 vicie viciemos viciad vicien
    negative no vicies no vicie no viciemos no viciéis no vicien
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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