Polyglot Dictionary

contagiar

/kontaˈxjaɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
contagio
preterite (yo)
contagié
past participle
contagiado

Meaning

  1. to infect

    • Me contagió el resfriado.

      He gave me his cold.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

infectar

contagiar emphasizes transmission from one person to another, a contagious spread; infectar is more general, the act of infecting, like a wound or a computer virus.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

contagiar

contagiar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to infect."

Portuguese

infectar

infectar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to infect."

Practice

1 What does contagiar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches contagiar?

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