# infectar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfectāre, from īnfectus (“tainted”). First attested in 1696.

### 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)

#### Derived terms

* desinfectar

#### Related terms

* infecció
* infecciós
* infecte

### References

* ↑ “infectar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### 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.

## 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)

#### Derived terms

* desinfectar

#### Related terms

* infección

### Further reading

* “infectar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* infetar (Portugal)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfectāre, from īnfectus (“tainted”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fekˈta(h)], /ĩ.fe.kiˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fe.kiˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fekˈta(h)], /ĩ.fe.kiˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fe.kiˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ĩ.fekˈta(ɾ)/, /ĩ.fe.kiˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fekˈta(χ)], /ĩ.fe.kiˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fe.kiˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.fekˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.fɛˈktaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.fɛˈktaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.fɛˈkta.ɾi/

### Verb

infectar (first-person singular present infecto, first-person singular preterite infectei, past participle infectado) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, European Portuguese spelling)
* to infect

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* desinfectar

#### Related terms

* infecção

### Further reading

* “infectar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* desinfectar

#### Related terms

* infección
* infeccioso

### Further reading

* “infectar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10