intossicare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Verb edit
intossicàre (first-person singular present intòssico, first-person singular past historic intossicài, past participle intossicàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, medicine) to poison
- (transitive, medicine) to intoxicate
- (transitive, figurative) to corrupt morally, to spoil
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of intossicàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- intossicare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana