empezoñar
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From en- + pezoña (“poison”) + -ar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
empezoñar (first-person singular present empezoño, first-person singular preterite empezoñei, past participle empezoñado)
- (transitive) to poison
- Synonym: apezoñar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get poisoned
- 1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:
- benturossa foi a cassa
que tal carne coziñou
pois que non se enpezoñou- fortunate was the home
that such meat cooked
in case it didn't get poisoned
- fortunate was the home
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of empezoñar