Portuguese

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

• (to spoil): corromper, estragar
• (to adulterate): adulterar, falsificar

Antonyms

• desviciar

Derived terms

• reviciar

Related terms

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