desinfectar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
desinfectar (first-person singular present desinfecto, first-person singular preterite desinfectí, past participle desinfectat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to disinfect
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “desinfectar”, 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
- “desinfectar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “desinfectar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “desinfectar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
Verb
desinfectar (first-person singular present desinfecto, first-person singular preterite desinfectei, past participle desinfectado)
- (transitive) to disinfect
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “desinfectar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Occitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn): (file)
Verb
desinfectar
- (transitive) to disinfect
Conjugation
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | desinfectar | aver desinfectat | |||||
| gerund | desinfectant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | desinfectat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | desinfècti | desinfectas | desinfecta | desinfectam | desinfectatz | desinfectan | |
| imperfect | desinfectavi | desinfectavas | desinfectava | desinfectàvem | desinfectàvetz | desinfectavan | |
| preterite | desinfèctèri | desinfèctères | desinfèctèt | desinfèctèrem | desinfèctèretz | desinfèctèron | |
| future | desinfectarai | desinfectaràs | desinfectarà | desinfectarem | desinfectaretz | desinfectaràn | |
| conditional | desinfectariái | desinfectariás | desinfectariá | desinfectariam | desinfectariatz | desinfectarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | desinfèctèra | desinfèctèras | desinfèctèra | desinfècteram | desinfècteratz | desinfèctèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | desinfècte | desinfèctes | desinfècte | desinfèctem | desinfèctetz | desinfècten | |
| imperfect | desinfèctèssi | desinfèctèsses | desinfèctèsse | desinfèctèssem | desinfèctèssetz | desinfèctèsson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| desinfecta | desinfèctem | desinfectatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | desinfectar | aver desinfectat | |||||
| gerund | desinfectant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | desinfectat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | desinfècte | desinfèctes | desinfecta | desinfectam | desinfectatz | desinfecton | |
| imperfect | desinfectave | desinfectaves | desinfectava | desinfectaviam | desinfectaviatz | desinfectavon | |
| preterite | desinfèctere | desinfècteres | desinfèctet | desinfèctem | desinfèctetz | desinfècteron | |
| future | desinfectarai | desinfectaràs | desinfectará | desinfectarem | desinfectaretz | desinfectarán | |
| conditional | desinfectariá | desinfectariás | desinfectariá | desinfectariam | desinfectariatz | desinfectarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | desinfèctèra | desinfèctèras | desinfèctèra | desinfècteram | desinfècteratz | desinfèctèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | desinfècte | desinfèctes | desinfècte | desinfectassiam | desinfectassiatz | desinfecton | |
| imperfect | desinfèctesse | desinfèctesses | desinfèctesse | desinfèctessiam | desinfèctessiatz | desinfèctesson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| desinfecta | desinfectassiam | desinfectatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | desinfectar | aver desinfectat | |||||
| gerund | desinfectant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | desinfectat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | desinfècti | desinfectas | desinfecta | desinfectam | desinfectatz | desinfectan | |
| imperfect | desinfectavi | desinfectavas | desinfectava | desinfectàvam | desinfectàvatz | desinfectavan | |
| preterite | desinfèctèi | desinfèctès | desinfèctè | desinfèctèm | desinfèctètz | desinfèctèn | |
| future | desinfectarèi | desinfectaràs | desinfectarà | desinfectaram | desinfectaratz | desinfectaràn | |
| conditional | desinfectarí | desinfectarés | desinfectaré | desinfectarem | desinfectaretz | desinfectarén | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | desinfèctèra | desinfèctèras | desinfèctèra | desinfècteram | desinfècteratz | desinfèctèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | desinfècti | desinfèctes | desinfècte | desinfèctem | desinfèctetz | desinfècten | |
| imperfect | desinfèctèssi | desinfèctèsses | desinfèctèsse | desinfèctèssem | desinfèctèssetz | desinfèctèssen | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| desinfecta | desinfèctem | desinfectatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | desinfectar | aver desinfectat | |||||
| gerund | desinfectant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | desinfectat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | desinfècte | desinfectas | desinfecta | desinfectam | desinfectatz | desinfectan | |
| imperfect | desinfectava | desinfectavas | desinfectava | desinfectàvam | desinfectàvatz | desinfectavan | |
| preterite | desinfèctei | desinfècteras | desinfèctet | desinfèctèram | desinfèctèratz | desinfècteran | |
| future | desinfectarai | desinfectaràs | desinfectará | desinfectarem | desinfectaretz | desinfectarán | |
| conditional | desinfectariá | desinfectariàs | desinfectariá | desinfectariam | desinfectariatz | desinfectarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | desinfèctèra | desinfèctèras | desinfèctèra | desinfècteram | desinfècteratz | desinfèctèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | desinfècte | desinfèctes | desinfècte | desinfèctem | desinfèctetz | desinfècten | |
| imperfect | desinfèctèsse | desinfèctèsses | desinfèctèsse | desinfèctèssem | desinfèctèssetz | desinfèctèssen | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| desinfecta | desinfèctem | desinfectatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | desinfectar | aver desinfectat | |||||
| gerund | desinfectant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | desinfectat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | desinfècte | desinfèctes | desinfecta | desinfectam | desinfectatz | desinfectan | |
| imperfect | desinfectavi | desinfectavas | desinfectava | desinfectàvem | desinfectàvetz | desinfectavan | |
| preterite | desinfèctère | desinfèctères | desinfèctèt | desinfècteriam | desinfècteriatz | desinfèctèron | |
| future | desinfectarai | desinfectaràs | desinfectarà | desinfectarem | desinfectaretz | desinfectaràn | |
| conditional | desinfectariáu | desinfectariás | desinfectariá | desinfectariam | desinfectariatz | desinfectarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | desinfèctèra | desinfèctèras | desinfèctèra | desinfècteram | desinfècteratz | desinfèctèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | desinfècte | desinfèctes | desinfècte | desinfèctem | desinfèctetz | desinfectan | |
| imperfect | desinfèctèsse | desinfèctèsses | desinfèctèsse | desinfèctessiam | desinfèctessiatz | desinfèctèsson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| desinfecta | desinfèctem | desinfectatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Derived terms
Related terms
- desinfeccion
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/ [de.zĩ.fekˈta(h)], /d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.zĩ.fekˈta(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.zĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/ [de.zĩ.fekˈta(χ)], /d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zĩ.fekˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈtaɾ/, /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈktaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈta.ɾi/, /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈkta.ɾi/
Verb
desinfectar (first-person singular present desinfecto, first-person singular preterite desinfectei, past participle desinfectado)
- (European Portuguese spelling) Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of desinfetar. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
- (Brazil, neologism) to un-infect; to disinfect in a medical setting
Usage notes
In Brazil, this term became popular during the COVID-19 pandemic to refer to cleaning surfaces and carrying out other procedures in order to prevent the virus from being spread.[1] The form desinfetar is the more common, prescribed form.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
References
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desinfeɡˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.sĩɱ.feɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧sin‧fec‧tar
Verb
desinfectar (first-person singular present desinfecto, first-person singular preterite desinfecté, past participle desinfectado)
- (transitive) to disinfect
Conjugation
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 desinfectar | dative | desinfectarme | desinfectarte | desinfectarle, desinfectarse | desinfectarnos | desinfectaros | desinfectarles, desinfectarse |
| accusative | desinfectarme | desinfectarte | desinfectarlo, desinfectarla, desinfectarse | desinfectarnos | desinfectaros | desinfectarlos, desinfectarlas, desinfectarse | |
| with gerund desinfectando | dative | desinfectándome | desinfectándote | desinfectándole, desinfectándose | desinfectándonos | desinfectándoos | desinfectándoles, desinfectándose |
| accusative | desinfectándome | desinfectándote | desinfectándolo, desinfectándola, desinfectándose | desinfectándonos | desinfectándoos | desinfectándolos, desinfectándolas, desinfectándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative desinfecta | dative | desinféctame | desinféctate | desinféctale | desinféctanos | not used | desinféctales |
| accusative | desinféctame | desinféctate | desinféctalo, desinféctala | desinféctanos | not used | desinféctalos, desinféctalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative desinfectá | dative | desinfectame | desinfectate | desinfectale | desinfectanos | not used | desinfectales |
| accusative | desinfectame | desinfectate | desinfectalo, desinfectala | desinfectanos | not used | desinfectalos, desinfectalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative desinfecte | dative | desinfécteme | not used | desinféctele, desinféctese | desinféctenos | not used | desinfécteles |
| accusative | desinfécteme | not used | desinféctelo, desinféctela, desinféctese | desinféctenos | not used | desinféctelos, desinféctelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative desinfectemos | dative | not used | desinfectémoste | desinfectémosle | desinfectémonos | desinfectémoos | desinfectémosles |
| accusative | not used | desinfectémoste | desinfectémoslo, desinfectémosla | desinfectémonos | desinfectémoos | desinfectémoslos, desinfectémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative desinfectad | dative | desinfectadme | not used | desinfectadle | desinfectadnos | desinfectaos | desinfectadles |
| accusative | desinfectadme | not used | desinfectadlo, desinfectadla | desinfectadnos | desinfectaos | desinfectadlos, desinfectadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative desinfecten | dative | desinféctenme | not used | desinféctenle | desinféctennos | not used | desinféctenles, desinféctense |
| accusative | desinféctenme | not used | desinféctenlo, desinféctenla | desinféctennos | not used | desinféctenlos, desinféctenlas, desinféctense | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “desinfectar”, 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