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Etymology
From contagi + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
contagiar (first-person singular present contagio, first-person singular preterite contagií, past participle contagiat)
- (transitive) to infect; to transmit (a disease) to
- Synonym: encomanar
- (pronominal) to be contagious
- (pronominal) to become infected
2022 April 12, À Punt NTC, “El 41% de la població valenciana s'ha contagiat pel coronavirus”, in À Punt:El 41% de la població valenciana s'ha contagiat pel coronavirus, vora dos milions de persones, segons les estimacions d'un estudi de Programa Valencià d'Investigació Vacunal COVID-19 (ProVaVac), que calcula que el 95% de la població ja té anticossos per al SARS-CoV-2.- 41% of the Valencian population--over two million people--have been infected by the Coronavirus according to the estimates of a study by the Valencian Program for COVID-19 Vaccine Investigation (ProVaVac), which calculates that 95% of the population already have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
From contágio + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.ta.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.taˈʒja(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.ta.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.taˈʒja(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.ta.ʒiˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.taˈʒja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.ta.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.taˈʒja(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.ta.ʒiˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.taˈʒja(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: con‧ta‧gi‧ar
Verb
contagiar (first-person singular present contagio, first-person singular preterite contagiei, past participle contagiado)
- (transitive) to infect (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness)
- Synonym: infectar
- (transitive, figurative) to infect (to make somebody feel the same way as oneself)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “contagiar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “contagiar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “contagiar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “contagiar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “contagiar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “contagiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From contagio + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kontaˈxjaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: con‧ta‧giar
Verb
contagiar (first-person singular present contagio, first-person singular preterite contagié, past participle contagiado)
- (transitive) to infect
- Synonyms: infectar, infeccionar
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of contagiar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive contagiar
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dative
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contagiarme
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contagiarte
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contagiarle, contagiarse
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contagiarnos
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contagiaros
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contagiarles, contagiarse
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accusative
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contagiarme
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contagiarte
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contagiarlo, contagiarla, contagiarse
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contagiarnos
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contagiaros
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contagiarlos, contagiarlas, contagiarse
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with gerund contagiando
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dative
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contagiándome
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contagiándote
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contagiándole, contagiándose
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contagiándonos
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contagiándoos
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contagiándoles, contagiándose
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accusative
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contagiándome
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contagiándote
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contagiándolo, contagiándola, contagiándose
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contagiándonos
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contagiándoos
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contagiándolos, contagiándolas, contagiándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative contagia
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dative
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contágiame
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contágiate
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contágiale
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contágianos
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not used
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contágiales
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accusative
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contágiame
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contágiate
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contágialo, contágiala
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contágianos
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not used
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contágialos, contágialas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative contagiá
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dative
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contagiame
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contagiate
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contagiale
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contagianos
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not used
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contagiales
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accusative
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contagiame
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contagiate
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contagialo, contagiala
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contagianos
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not used
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contagialos, contagialas
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with formal second-person singular imperative contagie
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dative
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contágieme
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not used
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contágiele, contágiese
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contágienos
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not used
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contágieles
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accusative
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contágieme
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not used
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contágielo, contágiela, contágiese
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contágienos
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not used
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contágielos, contágielas
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with first-person plural imperative contagiemos
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dative
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not used
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contagiémoste
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contagiémosle
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contagiémonos
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contagiémoos
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contagiémosles
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accusative
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not used
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contagiémoste
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contagiémoslo, contagiémosla
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contagiémonos
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contagiémoos
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contagiémoslos, contagiémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative contagiad
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dative
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contagiadme
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not used
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contagiadle
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contagiadnos
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contagiaos
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contagiadles
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accusative
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contagiadme
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not used
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contagiadlo, contagiadla
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contagiadnos
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contagiaos
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contagiadlos, contagiadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative contagien
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dative
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contágienme
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not used
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contágienle
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contágiennos
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not used
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contágienles, contágiense
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accusative
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contágienme
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not used
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contágienlo, contágienla
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contágiennos
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not used
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contágienlos, contágienlas, contágiense
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Further reading