# desinfectar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From des- +‎ infectar.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

desinfectar (first-person singular present desinfecto, first-person singular preterite desinfectí, past participle desinfectat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* (transitive) to disinfect

#### Derived terms

* desinfectant

#### Related terms

* desinfecció

### Further reading

* “desinfectar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “desinfectar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “desinfectar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “desinfectar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From des- +‎ infectar.

### Verb

desinfectar (first-person singular present desinfecto, first-person singular preterite desinfectei, past participle desinfectado)
* (transitive) to disinfect

#### Derived terms

* desinfectante

#### Related terms

* desinfección

### Further reading

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

## Occitan
### Etymology

des- +‎ infectar

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

desinfectar
* (transitive) to disinfect

#### Derived terms

* desinfectant

#### Related terms

* desinfeccion

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.zĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/ [de.zĩ.fekˈta(h)], /d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /de.zĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/ [de.zĩ.fekˈta(h)], /d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /de.zĩ.fekˈta(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /de.zĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/ [de.zĩ.fekˈta(χ)], /d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /de.zĩ.fekˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈtaɾ/, /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈktaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈtaɾ/, /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈktaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈta.ɾi/, /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈkta.ɾi/

### Verb

desinfectar (first-person singular present desinfecto, first-person singular preterite desinfectei, past participle desinfectado)
* (European Portuguese spelling) Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of desinfetar. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
* (Brazil, neologism) to un-infect; to disinfect in a medical setting

#### Usage notes

In Brazil, this term became popular during the COVID-19 pandemic to refer to cleaning surfaces and carrying out other procedures in order to prevent the virus from being spread. The form desinfetar is the more common, prescribed form.

#### Conjugation

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

#### References

* ↑ https://diariodeumlinguista.wordpress.com/2020/04/01/desinfectar-e-o-mesmo-que-desinfetar/

## Spanish
### Etymology

From des- +‎ infectar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /desinfeɡˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.sĩɱ.feɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: de‧sin‧fec‧tar

### Verb

desinfectar (first-person singular present desinfecto, first-person singular preterite desinfecté, past participle desinfectado)
* (transitive) to disinfect

#### 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

* desinfectante

#### Related terms

* desinfección

### Further reading

* “desinfectar”, 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