envenenar

/embeneˈnaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to poison

🐍🧪 en + veneno (venom) = to put venom into something

Veneno comes from Latin venenum, the root of English venom. Literally it means to put venom in, which covers poisoning food, poisoning a friendship by making it bitter, and twisting someone's words.

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