infesto

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See also: infestó and infestò

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

infesto (accusative singular infeston, plural infestoj, accusative plural infestojn)

  1. infestation

Italian

Verb

infesto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of infestare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From īnfestus (hostile, unsafe) +‎ (denominal verb suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

īnfestō (present infinitive īnfestāre, perfect active īnfestāvī, supine īnfestātum); first conjugation

  1. to vex (a person) repeatedly, trouble, harass, molest (also used of adverse physical effects, circumstances, Fortune)
    Synonyms: turbō, perturbō, disturbō, percieō, concieō, cieō, fatīgō, sollicitō, agitō, stimulō, agō, peragō, angō, moveō, concitō, concitō, versō, ūrō, ēvertō
  2. to make (a place) unsafe by repeated attacks; to infest
  3. to have a bad effect on, to injure, damage, impair
    Synonyms: noceō, vulnerō, secō, feriō, laedō, dēterō, atterō

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Descendants

Adjective

īnfestō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnfestus

References

  • infestō” on page 986 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “īnfestus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303

Further reading

  • infesto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • infesto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • infesto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin īnfestus.[1]

Adjective

infesto (feminine infesta, masculine plural infestos, feminine plural infestas)

  1. hostile

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

infesto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of infestar

References

  1. ^ infesto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025

Spanish

Verb

infesto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of infestar