contagiar
Spanish, verb/kontaˈxjaɾ/
contagiar is spelled C-O-N-T-A-G-I-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,968th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contagiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to infect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pasar un agente patógeno (como un virus o una infección) de algún ser vivo a otro; propagar una enfermedad…”.
What does contagiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to infect
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pasar un agente patógeno (como un virus o una infección) de algún ser vivo a otro; propagar una enfermedad por contagio. 2. Por extensión, transmitir a alguien involuntariamente, por imitación o influencia, hábitos, actitudes, emociones, etc.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of contagiar
- contagio first-person present singular
- contagié first-person preterite singular
- contagiado participle past
- contagiando gerund
- contagiada feminine participle past
- contagiados masculine participle past
- contagiadas feminine participle past
- contagias indicative informal present
- contagiás indicative informal present
- contagia indicative present singular
- contagiamos first-person indicative plural
- contagiáis indicative plural present
- contagian indicative plural present
- contagiaba first-person imperfect indicative
- contagiabas imperfect indicative second-person
- contagiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- contagiabais imperfect indicative plural
- contagiaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contagiar?
- /kontaˈxjaɾ/
- [kõn̪.t̪aˈxjaɾ]
- [kõn̪t̪aˈxjaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contagiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contagiar in Spanish?
contagiar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).