ponzoña

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ponˈθoɲa/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ponˈsoɲa/
  • Rhymes: -oɲa
  • Syllabification: pon‧zo‧ña

Etymology 1

Deverbal from ponzoñar, from Vulgar Latin *pōntiōnāre (“to poison”), alteration of Latin pōtiōnāre, from pōtiō. Alternatively from Vulgar Latin *pōtiōnea, from Latin pōtiō, and a doublet of pozón; compare Portuguese peçonha. Cf. also French poison.

Noun

ponzoña f (plural ponzoñas)

  1. poison; venom
    Synonyms: veneno, tósigo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

ponzoña

  1. inflection of ponzoñar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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