viciar

v.

1 to falsify.

2 to debase, to butcher, to adulterate, to bastardize.

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viciar

Conjugation model [CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 (corromper) to corrupt, lead astray

2 (aire) to pollute

3 DERECHO to vitiate, nullify

4 (estropear) to spoil

5 figurado (tergiversar) to twist, distort

► verbo pronominal viciarse

1 (enviciarse) to take to vice, become corrupted

2 (objeto) to go out of shape; (madera) to warp

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1. VT

1) (=corromper) to corrupt, pervert

2) (Jur) to nullify, invalidate

3) [+ texto] (=alterar) to corrupt; (=interpretar mal) to interpret erroneously

4) [+ droga, producto] to adulterate; [+ aire] to pollute; [+ comida] to spoil, contaminate

5) [+ objeto] to bend, twist; [+ madera] to warp

2.

See:

viciarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <persona> to get ... into a bad habit; <estilo/lenguaje> to mar

2) (Der) to invalidate, vitiate (frml)

2.

viciarse v pron

a) persona

viciar con algo — to become addicted to something

b) estilo/lenguaje to deteriorate

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <persona> to get ... into a bad habit; <estilo/lenguaje> to mar

2) (Der) to invalidate, vitiate (frml)

2.

viciarse v pron

a) persona

viciar con algo — to become addicted to something

b) estilo/lenguaje to deteriorate

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viciar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹persona› to get … into a bad habit

2 ‹estilo/lenguaje› to mar

B (Der) to invalidate, vitiate (frml)

■ viciarse

v pron

1 «persona» to get into a bad habit

se vició con el alcohol he became addicted to alcohol, he got hooked on drink (colloq)

2 «estilo/lenguaje» to deteriorate

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viciar (conjugate viciar) verbo transitivo ‹persona› to get … into a bad habit;
‹estilo/lenguaje› to mar
viciarse verbo pronominal

a) [persona]: viciarse con algo to become addicted to sth

b) [estilo/lenguaje] to deteriorate

viciar verbo transitivo
1 (una persona) to get into a bad habit
2 (un ambiente) el aire de este cuarto está muy viciado, this room is very stuffy
'viciar' also found in these entries:
English:
debase

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viciar

♦ vt

1. [persona] [enviciar] to get into a bad habit;

[pervertir] to corrupt

2. [aire] [de habitación] to make stuffy;

[contaminar] to pollute

3. [deformar] [tuerca] to ruin, to twist o bend out of shape;

[zapato] to ruin, to spoil (the shape of); [proceso, sistema] to blight, to spoil

4. [falsear] to distort, to twist;

los enfrentamientos personales viciaron el debate personal animosities distorted the debate

5. Der [invalidar] to invalidate

♦ See also the pronominal verb viciarse

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viciar

v/t

1 objeto twist

2 sentido distort

3 JUR invalidate

4

:

viciar a alguien con algo get s.o. addicted to sth, get s.o. hooked on sth

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viciar vt

1) : to corrupt

2) : to invalidate

3) falsear: to distort

4) : to pollute, to adulterate