infectar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin infectāre, from infectus (“tainted”), attested from 1696.

Verb

infectar (first-person singular present infecto, first-person singular preterite infectí, past participle infectat)

1. (transitive) to infect (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness)

Derived terms

• desinfectar

Related terms

• infecció
• infecciós

Further reading

• “infectar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “infectar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “infectar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin infectāre, from infectus (“tainted”).

Verb

1. (transitive) to infect (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness)

Derived terms

• desinfectar

Related terms

• infección

Further reading

• “infectar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• infetar (Portugal)

Etymology

From Latin infectāre, from infectus (“tainted”).

Verb

(Brazilian Portuguese spelling, European Portuguese spelling)

1. to infect

Derived terms

• desinfectar

Related terms

• infecção

Further reading

• “infectar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin infectāre, from infectus (“tainted”).

Verb

infectar (first-person singular present infecto, first-person singular preterite infecté, past participle infectado)

1. (transitive) to infect (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of infectar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			infectar
gerund			infectando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		infectado		infectada
		plural		infectados		infectadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	infecto	infectastú infectásvos	infecta	infectamos	infectáis	infectan
	imperfect	infectaba	infectabas	infectaba	infectábamos	infectabais	infectaban
	preterite	infecté	infectaste	infectó	infectamos	infectasteis	infectaron
	future	infectaré	infectarás	infectará	infectaremos	infectaréis	infectarán
	conditional	infectaría	infectarías	infectaría	infectaríamos	infectaríais	infectarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	infecte	infectestú infectésvos2	infecte	infectemos	infectéis	infecten
	imperfect (ra)	infectara	infectaras	infectara	infectáramos	infectarais	infectaran
	imperfect (se)	infectase	infectases	infectase	infectásemos	infectaseis	infectasen
	future1	infectare	infectares	infectare	infectáremos	infectareis	infectaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		infectatú infectávos	infecte	infectemos	infectad	infecten
	negative		no infectes	no infecte	no infectemos	no infectéis	no infecten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of infectar

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 infectar
	dative	infectarme	infectarte	infectarle, infectarse	infectarnos	infectaros	infectarles, infectarse
	accusative	infectarme	infectarte	infectarlo, infectarla, infectarse	infectarnos	infectaros	infectarlos, infectarlas, infectarse
with gerund infectando
	dative	infectándome	infectándote	infectándole, infectándose	infectándonos	infectándoos	infectándoles, infectándose
	accusative	infectándome	infectándote	infectándolo, infectándola, infectándose	infectándonos	infectándoos	infectándolos, infectándolas, infectándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative infecta
	dative	inféctame	inféctate	inféctale	inféctanos	not used	inféctales
	accusative	inféctame	inféctate	inféctalo, inféctala	inféctanos	not used	inféctalos, inféctalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative infectá
	dative	infectame	infectate	infectale	infectanos	not used	infectales
	accusative	infectame	infectate	infectalo, infectala	infectanos	not used	infectalos, infectalas
with formal second-person singular imperative infecte
	dative	infécteme	not used	inféctele, inféctese	inféctenos	not used	infécteles
	accusative	infécteme	not used	inféctelo, inféctela, inféctese	inféctenos	not used	inféctelos, inféctelas
with first-person plural imperative infectemos
	dative	not used	infectémoste	infectémosle	infectémonos	infectémoos	infectémosles
	accusative	not used	infectémoste	infectémoslo, infectémosla	infectémonos	infectémoos	infectémoslos, infectémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative infectad
	dative	infectadme	not used	infectadle	infectadnos	infectaos	infectadles
	accusative	infectadme	not used	infectadlo, infectadla	infectadnos	infectaos	infectadlos, infectadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative infecten
	dative	inféctenme	not used	inféctenle	inféctennos	not used	inféctenles, inféctense
	accusative	inféctenme	not used	inféctenlo, inféctenla	inféctennos	not used	inféctenlos, inféctenlas, inféctense

Derived terms

• desinfectar

Related terms

• infección
• infeccioso

Further reading

• “infectar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014