infectar
Spanish, verb/infeɡˈtaɾ/
infectar is spelled I-N-F-E-C-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,911th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infectar is a Spanish verb meaning “to infect (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Contagiar o traspasar alguna enfermedad o agente infeccioso”.
What does infectar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to infect (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Contagiar o traspasar alguna enfermedad o agente infeccioso.
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 infectar
- infecto first-person present singular
- infecté first-person preterite singular
- infectado participle past
- infectando gerund
- infectada feminine participle past
- infectados masculine participle past
- infectadas feminine participle past
- infectas indicative informal present
- infectás indicative informal present
- infecta indicative present singular
- infectamos first-person indicative plural
- infectáis indicative plural present
- infectan indicative plural present
- infectaba first-person imperfect indicative
- infectabas imperfect indicative second-person
- infectábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- infectabais imperfect indicative plural
- infectaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce infectar?
- /infeɡˈtaɾ/
- [ĩɱ.feɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- [ĩɱfekˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to infectar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is infectar in Spanish?
infectar 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).