contagio

See also: contagió, contágio, and contagiò

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

1. 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)

1. contagion
2. disease, epidemic

Derived terms

• contagiare

Related terms

• contagione
• contagioso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

contagio

1. 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 Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

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

1. contact, touch

   Synonyms: tāctus, contāctus

2. intercourse (social)
3. influence

   Synonym: tāctus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	contāgiō	contāgiōnēs
genitive	contāgiōnis	contāgiōnum
dative	contāgiōnī	contāgiōnibus
accusative	contāgiōnem	contāgiōnēs
ablative	contāgiōne	contāgiōnibus
vocative	contāgiō	contāgiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: contagió
• French: contagion
• Ido: kontagio
• Italian: contagione
• Occitan: contagion
• Portuguese: contagião
• Romanian: contagiune
• Spanish: contagión

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

contāgiō

1. 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

1. 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)

1. infection, contagion (the spread or transmission of a disease)

   Synonym: (rare) contagión

   • 2026 February 1, Daniela Guazo, “Un contagio por hora: la epidemia de sarampión que México no pudo frenar [One infection per hour: the measles epidemic that Mexico couldn't stop]”, in El Universal (Mexico)‎^[2], archived from the original on 2 February 2026:

     El pico más alto de contagios ocurrió en mayo, tan solo tres meses después del primer contagio.

     The highest spike in infections occurred in May, just three months after the first infection.

Derived terms

• contagiar

Related terms

• contagión
• contagioso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

contagio

1. 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