vicio

See also: vício and vició

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English vice, French vice, Italian vizio, Spanish vicio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvit͡si̯o/

Noun

vicio (plural vicii)

1. vice: fault of character

   Antonym: vertuo

Derived terms

• vicioza (“vicious”)
• viciozeso (“viciousness, depravity”)
• vicioza cirklo (“vicious circle”)
• viciizar (“to vitiate”)

See also

• defekto
• manko

Portuguese

Verb

vicio

1. first-person singular present indicative of viciar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiθjo/ [ˈbi.θjo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbisjo/ [ˈbi.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθjo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -isjo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: vi‧cio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vitium. Doublet of vezo, which was inherited.

Noun

vicio m (plural vicios)

1. vice
2. bad habit
3. imperfection, blotch
4. slip-up, mess-up
5. spoiledness
6. (botany) rankness

Antonyms

• virtud

Derived terms

• contra el vicio de pedir, la virtud de no dar
• de vicio

Related terms

• vicioso

Etymology 2

Verb

vicio

1. first-person singular present indicative of viciar

Further reading

• “vicio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10