Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin vitiāre. Cognate with Piedmontese vissié, Spanish / Portuguese viciar, French vicier. Compare English vitiate.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /vitˈt͡sja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: vi‧zià‧re

Verb edit

viziàre (first-person singular present vìzio, first-person singular past historic viziài, past participle viziàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to spoil (a child, an animal)
  2. to ruin
  3. (also law) to invalidate

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