viciar

Portuguese

Etymology

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

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

Verb

viciar (first-person singular present vicio, first-person singular preterite viciei, 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.
    Synonyms: corromper, estragar
  4. to adulterate
    Os dados foram viciados.
    The dice have been adultered.
    Synonyms: adulterar, falsificar

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

1Brazil.
2Portugal.

Antonyms
  • desviciar

Derived terms
  • reviciar

Further reading
  • “viciar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vitiāre, present active infinitive of vitiō (“to corrupt, to dishonor”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /biˈθjaɾ/ [biˈθjaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /biˈsjaɾ/ [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

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