contagiar

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Etymology

From contagi +‎ -ar.

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contagiar (first-person singular present contagio, first-person singular preterite contagií, past participle contagiat)

  1. (transitive) to infect; to transmit (a disease) to
    Synonym: encomanar
  2. (pronominal) to be contagious
  3. (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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From contágio +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (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)

  1. (transitive) to infect (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness)
    Synonym: infectar
  2. (transitive, figurative) to infect (to make somebody feel the same way as oneself)

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Spanish

Etymology

From contagio +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kontaˈxjaɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧ta‧giar

Verb

contagiar (first-person singular present contagio, first-person singular preterite contagié, past participle contagiado)

  1. (transitive) to infect
    Synonyms: infectar, infeccionar

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