# contaminado vs contaminar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### contaminado
*adjective · frequency rank #18,546*
diz-se daquilo que sofreu contaminação

### contaminar
*verb · IPA /kõ.tɐ.mi.ˈnaɾ/ · frequency rank #33,343*
contagiar

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/contaminado-vs-contaminar