infectar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin īnfectāre, from īnfectus (“tainted”). First attested in 1696. === Pronunciation === === Verb === infectar (first-person singular present infecto, first-person singular preterite infectí, past participle infectat); root stress: (Central, Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/ (transitive) to infect (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== desinfectar ==== Related terms ==== infecció infecciós infecte === References === === Further reading === “infectar”, 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 “infectar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “infectar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Galician == === Etymology === From Latin infectāre, from infectus (“tainted”). === Verb === infectar (first-person singular present infecto, first-person singular preterite infectei, past participle infectado) (transitive) to infect (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== desinfectar ==== Related terms ==== infección === Further reading === “infectar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === infetar (Portugal) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin īnfectāre, from īnfectus (“tainted”). === Pronunciation === === Verb === infectar (first-person singular present infecto, first-person singular preterite infectei, past participle infectado) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, European Portuguese spelling) to infect ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== desinfectar ==== Related terms ==== infecção === Further reading === “infectar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin īnfectāre, from infectus (“tainted”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /infeɡˈtaɾ/ [ĩɱ.feɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: in‧fec‧tar === Verb === infectar (first-person singular present infecto, first-person singular preterite infecté, past participle infectado) (transitive) to infect (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “infectar”, 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