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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin quarentīna (“forty days”), from Latin quadrāgintā (“forty”).
Pronunciation
Noun
quarentena f (usually uncountable)
- (biblical) quarantine (desert where Christ fasted for forty days and nights)
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 31r:Tras ierico al ſol poniẽt es la quarẽtena. O xp̃s aẏuno .xl. dias & .xl. noches alli ſuſo en el mõt o quiſo tentar el diablo a xp̃s.- Behind Jericho, toward the setting sun, is the quarantine, where Christ fasted forty days and forty nights. There, on the mountain where the Devil attempted to tempt Christ.
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Descendants
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: qua‧ren‧te‧na
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). By surface analysis, quarenta (“forty”) + -ena.
Noun
quarentena f (plural quarentenas)
- (group of) forty things, usually days
- (public health) quarantine (isolation of infected patients)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
quarentena
- inflection of quarentenar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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