Skip to content

envenenamiento

poisoning

noun en-beh-neh-nah-MYEN-toh Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Usage Note

Envenenamiento refers to the act or result of being poisoned, whether by a substance (envenenamiento por plomo, lead poisoning) or in a figurative sense (moral corruption). The related verb is envenenar (to poison) and agent noun is envenenador (poisoner). Do not confuse with intoxicación, which in medical Spanish often refers to food poisoning or general toxic exposure rather than deliberate poisoning.

Examples

"El envenenamiento por plomo es muy peligroso."

Natural Translation

Lead poisoning is very dangerous.

Explore Spanish by topic