contagiar

contagiar
v.
to infect (person).
me has contagiado el resfriado you've given me your cold
contagió su entusiasmo a sus compañeros he passed his enthusiasm on to his companions
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contagiar
Conjugation model [CAMBIAR], like cambiar
verbo transitivo
1 (enfermedad) to transmit, pass on
2 figurado to infect, pass on, give
me has contagiado tu resfriado you've given me your cold
me contagió la risa her laugh was infectious
verbo pronominal contagiarse
1 (enfermar) to get infected
se contagió de malaria he caught malaria
2 (transmitirse) to be contagious
esta enfermedad no se contagia this disease is not contagious
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verb
1) to infect
2) transmit
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1. VT
1) (Med) [+ enfermedad] to pass on, transmit frm, give (a to)
[+ víctima] to infect (con with)

no quiero contagiarte — I don't want to give it to you

2) (fig) (=transmitir) to infect (con with)

me ha contagiado su optimismo — his optimism has rubbed off on me

2.
See:
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1.
verbo transitivo
a) <enfermedad> (+ me/te/le etc) to pass on, transmit (tech)

me contagió su miedo — he got me scared as well

b) <persona>

note acerques que te voy a contagiar — don't come near or I'll give it to you

contagiaron al resto de la población — they spread the disease to the rest of the population

2.
contagiarse v pron
a) persona/animal to become infected

se ha contagiado de mí — she has caught it from me

contagiarse de algo: se contagió de la enfermedad she caught the disease; se contagiaron de su alegría — they were infected by his cheerfulness

b) enfermedad to be transmitted; manía/miedo to spread

se contagia con facilidad — it is very contagious

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= infect, spill over into, set + Nombre + off.
Ex. For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought, where we may see many legs, and arms, and eyes lying here and there, which, for want of a union, and a soul to quicken and enliven them, are good for nothing, but to feed ravens, and infect the air.
Ex. The artificiality of institutional concepts has spilled over into the structure of the publishing services on which the user depends for Community information.
Ex. This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.
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* contagiarse = catch + the fever, rub off on.
* contagiarse a = have + a rub-off effect on.
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1.
verbo transitivo
a) <enfermedad> (+ me/te/le etc) to pass on, transmit (tech)

me contagió su miedo — he got me scared as well

b) <persona>

note acerques que te voy a contagiar — don't come near or I'll give it to you

contagiaron al resto de la población — they spread the disease to the rest of the population

2.
contagiarse v pron
a) persona/animal to become infected

se ha contagiado de mí — she has caught it from me

contagiarse de algo: se contagió de la enfermedad she caught the disease; se contagiaron de su alegría — they were infected by his cheerfulness

b) enfermedad to be transmitted; manía/miedo to spread

se contagia con facilidad — it is very contagious

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= infect, spill over into, set + Nombre + off.

Ex: For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought, where we may see many legs, and arms, and eyes lying here and there, which, for want of a union, and a soul to quicken and enliven them, are good for nothing, but to feed ravens, and infect the air.

Ex: The artificiality of institutional concepts has spilled over into the structure of the publishing services on which the user depends for Community information.
Ex: This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.
* contagiarse = catch + the fever, rub off on.
* contagiarse a = have + a rub-off effect on.

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contagiar [A1 ]
vt
‹enfermedad› (+ me/te/le etc) to pass on, transmit (tech)
me ha contagiado la gripe que tenía she has given me her flu o passed her flu on to me
al final me contagió su miedo in the end he got me scared as well
contagiarse
v pron
1 «persona/animal» to become infected
Pedrito tiene sarampión y ahora se ha contagiado Cristina Pedrito has measles and now Cristina has caught it
contagiarse DE algo:
se contagió de la enfermedad she caught the disease
todos se contagiaron de su alegría everyone was infected by his cheerfulness
2 «enfermedad» to spread, be transmitted; «manía/miedo» to spread
la varicela se contagia con mucha facilidad chickenpox is very contagious
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contagiar (conjugate contagiar) verbo transitivoenfermedadto pass on, transmit (tech);
personato infect;
me contagió la gripe she passed her flu on to me;

no te acerques que te voy a contagiar don't come near or I'll give it to you
contagiarse verbo pronominal
a) [persona/animal] to become infected;

se ha contagiado de mí she has caught it from me

b) [enfermedad] to be transmitted;

[manía/miedo] to spread;
se contagia con facilidad it is very contagious;

se contagió de la enfermedad she caught the disease
contagiar verbo transitivo Med (enfermedad) to infect with o spread
'contagiar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pasar
- pegar
English:
infect
- pass
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contagiar
vt
1. [persona] to infect;
[enfermedad] to transmit;
me has contagiado el resfriado you've given me your cold
2. [risa, entusiasmo]
contagió su entusiasmo a sus compañeros he infected his companions with his enthusiasm;
contagiado por el buen ambiente reinante, decidió salir a bailar caught up in the general happy atmosphere, he decided to have a dance
See also the pronominal verb contagiarse
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contagiar
v/t
:
contagiar la gripe a alguien give s.o. the flu;
nos contagió su entusiasmo he infected us with his enthusiasm
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contagiar vt
1) : to infect
2) : to transmit (a disease)
See also the reflexive verb contagiarse
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contagiar vb to infect / to give [pt. gave; pp. given]
Pablo tenía la gripe y nos ha contagiado a todos Pablo had the flu and he gave it to all of us

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