desinfectar

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Catalan

Etymology

From des- +‎ infectar.

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desinfectar (first-person singular present desinfecto, first-person singular preterite desinfectí, past participle desinfectat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (transitive) to disinfect

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Galician

Etymology

From des- +‎ infectar.

Verb

desinfectar (first-person singular present desinfecto, first-person singular preterite desinfectei, past participle desinfectado)

  1. (transitive) to disinfect

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Occitan

Etymology

des- +‎ infectar

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Verb

desinfectar

  1. (transitive) to disinfect

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈtaɾ/, /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈktaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈta.ɾi/, /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈkta.ɾi/

Verb

desinfectar (first-person singular present desinfecto, first-person singular preterite desinfectei, past participle desinfectado)

  1. (European Portuguese spelling) Pre-reform spelling (until 1990) of desinfetar. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
  2. (Brazil, neologism) to un-infect; to disinfect in a medical setting

Usage notes

In Brazil, this term became popular during the COVID-19 pandemic to refer to cleaning surfaces and carrying out other procedures in order to prevent the virus from being spread.[1] The form desinfetar is the more common, prescribed form.

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Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ infectar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /desinfeɡˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧sin‧fec‧tar

Verb

desinfectar (first-person singular present desinfecto, first-person singular preterite desinfecté, past participle desinfectado)

  1. (transitive) to disinfect

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