infectar

Borrowed from Latin īnfectāre, from īnfectus (“tainted”). First attested in 1696.^[1]

infectar (first-person singular present infecto, first-person singular preterite infectí, past participle infectat); root stress: (Central, Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

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

• desinfectar

• infecció
• infecciós
• infecte

• “infectar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “infectar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “infectar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin infectāre, from infectus (“tainted”).

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)

• desinfectar

• infección

• “infectar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

• infetar (Portugal)

Borrowed from Latin īnfectāre, from īnfectus (“tainted”).

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

1. to infect

• desinfectar

• infecção

• “infectar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

From Latin īnfectāre, from infectus (“tainted”).

• IPA^(key): /infeɡˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧fec‧tar

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)

• “infectar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10