contagio
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [kun.təˈʒi.u]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [kon.təˈʒi.o]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [kon.taˈd͡ʒi.o]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [kon.taˈʒi.o]
=== Verb ===
contagio
first-person singular present indicative of contagiar
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /konˈta.d͡ʒo/
Rhymes: -adʒo
Hyphenation: con‧tà‧gio
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Latin contāgium.
==== Noun ====
contagio m (plural contagi)
contagion
disease, epidemic
===== Derived terms =====
contagiare
===== Related terms =====
contagione
contagioso
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
contagio
first-person singular present indicative of contagiare
=== Further reading ===
contagio in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
contagio in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
contagio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
contagio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
contagio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
=== Anagrams ===
cogitano
== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔnˈtaː.ɡi.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [konˈtaː.d͡ʒi.o]
=== Etymology 1 ===
The origin of the long -ā- is unknown. In any case, related to tangō (and the prefixed contingō), with the suffix -iō.
==== Noun ====
contāgiō f (genitive contāgiōnis); third declension
contact, touch
Synonyms: tāctus, contāctus
intercourse (social)
influence
Synonym: tāctus
===== Declension =====
Third-declension noun.
===== Descendants =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Noun ====
contāgiō
dative/ablative singular of contāgium
=== References ===
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “tango”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 606-607
“contagio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“contagio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“contagio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
contagio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
== Portuguese ==
=== Verb ===
contagio
first-person singular present indicative of contagiar
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /konˈtaxjo/ [kõn̪ˈt̪a.xjo]
Rhymes: -axjo
Syllabification: con‧ta‧gio
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Latin contāgium. First attested in 1490.
==== Noun ====
contagio m (plural contagios)
infection, contagion (the spread or transmission of a disease)
Synonym: (rare) contagión
===== Derived terms =====
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
contagio
first-person singular present indicative of contagiar
=== Further reading ===
“contagio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025