/infekˈtaɾ/
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Translation
to infect
Word origin
From Latin inficere ('to stain, taint, spoil'), from in ('into') plus facere ('to make, do'). The same root gives English 'infect' and 'infection'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- inficere
- English cognates
- infect, infection
Grammar
Verb type-ar regular
Examples
miles pocos .
The virus can infect thousands of people in a few days.
, .
If you do not clean the wound, it can become infected.
.
The doctors isolate the patient so as not to infect the others.
bacteria .
The bacteria managed to infect the town's water.
mosquito .
A single mosquito is enough to infect a whole family.
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