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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inquināre (“to dirty, pollute”).
Pronunciation
Verb
inquinar (first-person singular present inquino, first-person singular preterite inquinei, past participle inquinado)
- (transitive) to infect
- (transitive) to corrupt
- (transitive) to dirty, stain
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “inquinar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inquināre (“to defile, to stain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inkiˈnaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: in‧qui‧nar
Verb
inquinar (first-person singular present inquino, first-person singular preterite inquiné, past participle inquinado)
- to infect
- to stain
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading