envenenar
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verb
to poison
to interpret maliciously
to make bitter
to get angry
Used in the library
- Nadie puede envenenar un pozo con tanta gente mirando.Nobody can poison a well with so many people watching.B1Otra vez, por favor (10) — Once more, please (10) (B1)
- Nadie puede envenenar el agua del cuartel: la beben todos.Nobody can poison the barracks' water: everybody drinks it.B1Otra vez, por favor (18) — Once more, please (18) (B1)
- El agua del pozo no se puede envenenar, es demasiado profunda.The well's water can't be poisoned; it's too deep.B1Otra vez, por favor (3) — Once more, please (3) (B1)
- El mineral se molía y se mezclaba con mercurio, que envenenaba a los trabajadores; miles murieron cada año, y los cronistas hablaron de un cerro que "come hombres".The ore was ground and mixed with mercury, which poisoned the workers; thousands died every year, and the chroniclers spoke of a hill that "eats men".B2La plata de Potosí — The silver of Potosí
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