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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contāmināre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon.ta.miˈna.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: con‧ta‧mi‧nà‧re
Verb
contaminàre (first-person singular present contàmino, first-person singular past historic contaminài, past participle contaminàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to contaminate, pollute, infect, corrupt, taint, spike
- Synonyms: infettare, inquinare, corrompere, sporcare
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
- contaminare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
contāmināre
- inflection of contāminō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
Romanian
Etymology
From contamina + -re.
Noun
contaminare f (plural contaminări)
- contamination
Declension
Declension of contaminare
Spanish
Verb
contaminare
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of contaminar