intossicare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin intoxicāre, from Latin toxicāre, verb based on Latin toxicum (poison). By surface analysis, in- +‎ tossico (poison) +‎ -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.tos.siˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧tos‧si‧cà‧re

Verb

intossicàre (first-person singular present intòssico, first-person singular past historic intossicài, past participle intossicàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, medicine) to poison
  2. (transitive, medicine) to intoxicate
  3. (transitive, figurative) to corrupt morally, to spoil

Conjugation

Further reading

  • intossicare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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