viciar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin vitiāre (“to make faulty”). Compare with English vitiate.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.siˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /viˈsja(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /vi.siˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /viˈsja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /vi.siˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /viˈsja(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.siˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /viˈsja(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: vi‧ci‧ar

Verb

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

  1. to addict (to cause someone to become addicted)
    (Os) Seus amigos o viciaram/-no em drogas.
    His friends addicted him to drugs.
    Este jogo me viciou/-me.
    This game got me addicted.
  2. (intransitive) to be addictive
    Cigarros vicia(m).
    Cigarettes are addictive.
  3. to spoil; to corrupt
    Synonyms: corromper, estragar
    O fedor viciou o quarto.
    The stench spoiled the room.
  4. to adulterate
    Synonyms: adulterar, falsificar
    Os dados foram viciados.
    The dice have been adultered.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of viciar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal viciar
Personal viciar viciares viciar viciarmos viciardes viciarem
Gerund
viciando
Past participle
Masculine viciado viciados
Feminine viciada viciadas
Indicative
Present vicio vicias vicia viciamos viciais viciam
Imperfect viciava viciavas viciava viciávamos viciáveis viciavam
Preterite viciei viciaste viciou viciamos1, viciámos2 viciastes viciaram
Pluperfect viciara viciaras viciara viciáramos viciáreis viciaram
Future viciarei viciarás viciará viciaremos viciareis viciarão
Conditional viciaria viciarias viciaria viciaríamos viciaríeis viciariam
Subjunctive
Present vicie vicies vicie viciemos vicieis viciem
Imperfect viciasse viciasses viciasse viciássemos viciásseis viciassem
Future viciar viciares viciar viciarmos viciardes viciarem
Imperative
Affirmative vicia vicie viciemos viciai viciem
Negative (não) não vicies não vicie não viciemos não vicieis não viciem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vitiāre (“to corrupt, to dishonor”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /biˈθjaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /biˈsjaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: vi‧ciar

Verb

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

  1. to addict (to cause someone to become addicted)
    Sus amigos lo viciaron en las drogas.
    His friends addicted him to drugs.
    Este juego me vició.
    This game got me addicted.
  2. (intransitive) to be addictive
    Los cigarrillos vician.
    Cigarettes are addictive.
  3. to spoil; to corrupt
    El hedor vició la habitación.
    The stench spoiled the room.
  4. to adulterate, to distort
    Los dados fueron viciados.
    The dice have been adultered.
  5. (reflexive) to degrade, to fade
    Las baterías se vician con el uso.
    Batteries degrade with use.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of viciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
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

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of viciar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive viciar
dative viciarme viciarte viciarle, viciarse viciarnos viciaros viciarles, viciarse
accusative viciarme viciarte viciarlo, viciarla, viciarse viciarnos viciaros viciarlos, viciarlas, viciarse
with gerund viciando
dative viciándome viciándote viciándole, viciándose viciándonos viciándoos viciándoles, viciándose
accusative viciándome viciándote viciándolo, viciándola, viciándose viciándonos viciándoos viciándolos, viciándolas, viciándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative vicia
dative víciame víciate víciale vícianos not used víciales
accusative víciame víciate vícialo, víciala vícianos not used vícialos, vícialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative viciá
dative viciame viciate viciale vicianos not used viciales
accusative viciame viciate vicialo, viciala vicianos not used vicialos, vicialas
with formal second-person singular imperative vicie
dative vícieme not used víciele, víciese vícienos not used vícieles
accusative vícieme not used vícielo, víciela, víciese vícienos not used vícielos, vícielas
with first-person plural imperative viciemos
dative not used viciémoste viciémosle viciémonos viciémoos viciémosles
accusative not used viciémoste viciémoslo, viciémosla viciémonos viciémoos viciémoslos, viciémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative viciad
dative viciadme not used viciadle viciadnos viciaos viciadles
accusative viciadme not used viciadlo, viciadla viciadnos viciaos viciadlos, viciadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vicien
dative vícienme not used vícienle víciennos not used vícienles, víciense
accusative vícienme not used vícienlo, vícienla víciennos not used vícienlos, vícienlas, víciense

Further reading

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