infectar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin infectāre, from infectus (tainted), attested from 1696.[1]

Verb

infectar (first-person singular present infecto, past participle infectat)

  1. (transitive) to infect (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. infectar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Further reading


Galician

Etymology

From Latin infectāre, from infectus (tainted).

Verb

infectar (first-person singular present infecto, first-person singular preterite infectei, past participle infectado)

  1. (transitive) to infect (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness)

Conjugation

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Further reading


Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfectāre, from īnfectus (tainted).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fekˈta(h)], /ĩ.fe.kiˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fe.kiˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.fekˈta(ɾ)/, /ĩ.fe.kiˈta(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fekˈta(χ)], /ĩ.fe.kiˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fe.kiˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.fekˈta(ɻ)/

Verb

infectar (first-person singular present infecto, first-person singular preterite infectei, past participle infectado) (Brazilian spelling, European spelling)

  1. to infect

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • infectar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin infectāre, from infectus (tainted).

Verb

infectar (first-person singular present infecto, first-person singular preterite infecté, past participle infectado)

  1. (transitive) to infect (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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