Adulterate

//əˈdʌltəɹət//

Synonyms for "adulterate" (112 found)

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Translations

43 translations across 17 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • фалшифицирам verb (to make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances)

Catalan

3 entries
  • adulterar verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)
  • adulterar verb (to make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances)
  • adulterar verb (to commit adultery with (someone))

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 摻假 /掺假 verb (to make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances)
  • 摻雜 /掺杂 verb (to make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances)
  • 通姦 /通奸 verb (to commit adultery with (someone))

Finnish

4 entries
  • käydä vieraissa verb (to commit adultery with (someone))
  • laimentaa verb (to make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances)
  • väärentää verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)
  • väärentää verb (to make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances)

German

4 entries
  • abwandeln verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)
  • korrumpieren verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)
  • panschen verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)
  • verderben verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)

Greek

1 entries
  • νοθεύω verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)

Irish

3 entries
  • adhaltranaigh verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)
  • truailligh verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)
  • truaillmheasc verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)

Italian

1 entries
  • adulterare verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)

Manx

1 entries
  • droghvest verb (to make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • холих verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • بوزمق verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)
  • بوزمق verb (to make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances)

Polish

4 entries
  • cudzołożyć verb (to commit adultery with (someone))
  • psuć verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)
  • rozcieńczać verb (to make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances)
  • rozcieńczyć verb (to make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • adulterar verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • adulterêr verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)

Russian

4 entries
  • по́ртить verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)
  • подме́шивать verb (to make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances)
  • прелюбоде́йствовать verb (to commit adultery with (someone))
  • разбавля́ть verb (to make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances)

Spanish

1 entries
  • adulterar verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)

Swedish

1 entries
  • korrumpera verb (to corrupt, debase — see also corrupt, debase)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You should not adulterate wine with water.

Source: tatoeba (34317)

Languages should not be used, for that would adulterate their beauty. Rather, they should be cryogenically frozen and observed in silence.

Source: tatoeba (559080)

Theſe, and other like places in abundance through all thoſe ſhort Epiſtles, muſt either be adulterat, or elſe Ignatius [of Antioch] was not Ignatius, nor a Martyr, but moſt adulterate, and corrupt himſelf.

Source: wiktionary

I am poſſeſt with an adulterate blot, / My bloud is mingled with the crime of luſt: [...]

Source: wiktionary

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