contagiar
Portuguese, verb/kõ.ta.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/
contagiar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to infect (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “propagar por meio de contágio (doença)”.
What does contagiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to infect (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness)
- 2
to infect (to make somebody feel the same way as oneself)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. propagar por meio de contágio (doença) 2. provocar corrupção 3. adquirir uma doença através de contágio
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of contagiar
- contagio first-person present singular
- contagiei first-person preterite singular
- contagiado participle past
- contagiares infinitive second-person singular
- contagiarmos first-person infinitive plural
- contagiardes infinitive plural second-person
- contagiarem infinitive plural third-person
- contagiando gerund
- contagiados masculine participle past
- contagiada feminine participle past
- contagiadas feminine participle past
- contagias indicative present second-person
- contagia indicative present singular
- contagiamos first-person indicative plural
- contagiais indicative plural present
- contagiam indicative plural present
- contagiava first-person imperfect indicative
- contagiavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contagiar?
- Brazil /kõ.ta.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kõ.ta.ʒiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /kõ.taˈʒja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
contagiar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).