avvelenire

to poison

verb ahv-veh-leh-NEE-reh Rare

Also means

to embitter

Usage Note

Avvelenire means to poison or, figuratively, to make someone's life bitter; the standard and far more common verb is avvelenare. It takes avere as its auxiliary.

Examples

"Non avvelenire la vita con l'odio."

Natural Translation

Don't poison your life with hatred.

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