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infectar

to infect

verb een-fehk-TAHR Rare

Usage Note

Infectar is used for biological infection (a pathogen infecting a host) and metaphorically for computer viruses (infectar un ordenador). The reflexive infectarse means 'to become infected.' It is a regular -ar verb; the related adjective infectado and noun infección follow the same root.

Examples

"El virus puede infectar a personas mayores fácilmente."

Natural Translation

The virus can infect elderly people easily.

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