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infectado

infected

adjective een-fehk-TAH-doh Rare
Body & Health Medicine

Usage Note

Infectado functions as a past-participle adjective and takes estar: la herida está infectada (the wound is infected). The medical verb is infectar(se); the causative is infectar (to infect something), the reflexive infectarse (to become infected). Don't confuse with infestado (infested with pests).

Examples

"El corte en su mano estaba infectado."

Natural Translation

The cut on his hand was infected.

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