viciar
Portuguese, verb/vi.siˈa(ʁ)/
viciar is spelled V-I-C-I-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Viciar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to addict (to cause someone to become addicted)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “comunicar vício a”.
What does viciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to addict (to cause someone to become addicted)
Seus amigos o viciaram drogas.
- 2
to be addictive
Os cigarros viciam.
- 3
to spoil; to corrupt
O fedor viciou o quarto.
- 4
to adulterate
Os dados foram viciados.
- 5
to degrade, to fade
As baterias viciam-se com o uso.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. comunicar vício a 2. corromper; deteriorar; adulterar; falsificar 3. fazer que não tenha efeito, anular
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of viciar
- vicio first-person present singular
- viciei first-person preterite singular
- viciado participle past
- viciares infinitive second-person singular
- viciarmos first-person infinitive plural
- viciardes infinitive plural second-person
- viciarem infinitive plural third-person
- viciando gerund
- viciados masculine participle past
- viciada feminine participle past
- viciadas feminine participle past
- vicias indicative present second-person
- vicia indicative present singular
- viciamos first-person indicative plural
- viciais indicative plural present
- viciam indicative plural present
- viciava first-person imperfect indicative
- viciavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce viciar?
- Brazil /vi.siˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [vi.siˈa(h)]
- Brazil /viˈsja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to viciar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is viciar in Portuguese?
viciar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).