contagiar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [kun.tə.ʒiˈa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kon.tə.ʒiˈa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kon.ta.d͡ʒiˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
contagiar (first-person singular present contagio, first-person singular preterite contagií, past participle contagiat)
- (transitive) to infect; to transmit (a disease) to
- Synonym: encomanar
- (pronominal) to be contagious
- (pronominal) to become infected [with de or per ‘by’]
- 2022 April 12, À Punt NTC, “El 41% de la població valenciana s'ha contagiat pel coronavirus”, in À Punt[1]:
- El 41% de la població valenciana s'ha contagiat pel coronavirus, vora dos milions de persones, segons les estimacions d'un estudi de Programa Valencià d'Investigació Vacunal COVID-19 (ProVaVac), que calcula que el 95% de la població ja té anticossos per al SARS-CoV-2.
- 41% of the Valencian population--over two million people--have been infected by the Coronavirus according to the estimates of a study by the Valencian Program for COVID-19 Vaccine Investigation (ProVaVac), which calculates that 95% of the population already have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.
Conjugation
Conjugation of contagiar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
- contagiable
Related terms
Further reading
- “contagiar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “contagiar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “contagiar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “contagiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.ta.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.ta.ʒɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.taˈʒja(ʁ)/ [kõ.taˈʒja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.ta.ʒiˈa(ɾ)/ [kõ.ta.ʒɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.taˈʒja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.ta.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.ta.ʒɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.taˈʒja(ʁ)/ [kõ.taˈʒja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.ta.ʒiˈa(ɻ)/ [kõ.ta.ʒɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.taˈʒja(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɐˈʒjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɐˈʒja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: con‧ta‧gi‧ar
Verb
contagiar (first-person singular present contagio, first-person singular preterite contagiei, past participle contagiado)
- (transitive) to infect (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness)
- Synonym: infectar
- (transitive, figurative) to infect (to make somebody feel the same way as oneself)
Conjugation
Conjugation of contagiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “contagiar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “contagiar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “contagiar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “contagiar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “contagiar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “contagiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kontaˈxjaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪aˈxjaɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: con‧ta‧giar
Verb
contagiar (first-person singular present contagio, first-person singular preterite contagié, past participle contagiado)
- (transitive) to infect
- Synonyms: infectar, infeccionar
Conjugation
Conjugation of contagiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of contagiar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive contagiar | dative | contagiarme | contagiarte | contagiarle, contagiarse | contagiarnos | contagiaros | contagiarles, contagiarse |
| accusative | contagiarme | contagiarte | contagiarlo, contagiarla, contagiarse | contagiarnos | contagiaros | contagiarlos, contagiarlas, contagiarse | |
| with gerund contagiando | dative | contagiándome | contagiándote | contagiándole, contagiándose | contagiándonos | contagiándoos | contagiándoles, contagiándose |
| accusative | contagiándome | contagiándote | contagiándolo, contagiándola, contagiándose | contagiándonos | contagiándoos | contagiándolos, contagiándolas, contagiándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative contagia | dative | contágiame | contágiate | contágiale | contágianos | not used | contágiales |
| accusative | contágiame | contágiate | contágialo, contágiala | contágianos | not used | contágialos, contágialas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative contagiá | dative | contagiame | contagiate | contagiale | contagianos | not used | contagiales |
| accusative | contagiame | contagiate | contagialo, contagiala | contagianos | not used | contagialos, contagialas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative contagie | dative | contágieme | not used | contágiele, contágiese | contágienos | not used | contágieles |
| accusative | contágieme | not used | contágielo, contágiela, contágiese | contágienos | not used | contágielos, contágielas | |
| with first-person plural imperative contagiemos | dative | not used | contagiémoste | contagiémosle | contagiémonos | contagiémoos | contagiémosles |
| accusative | not used | contagiémoste | contagiémoslo, contagiémosla | contagiémonos | contagiémoos | contagiémoslos, contagiémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative contagiad | dative | contagiadme | not used | contagiadle | contagiadnos | contagiaos | contagiadles |
| accusative | contagiadme | not used | contagiadlo, contagiadla | contagiadnos | contagiaos | contagiadlos, contagiadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative contagien | dative | contágienme | not used | contágienle | contágiennos | not used | contágienles, contágiense |
| accusative | contágienme | not used | contágienlo, contágienla | contágiennos | not used | contágienlos, contágienlas, contágiense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “contagiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024