contagiarverb
Contagiar means to infect or to spread in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as contagia, contagian and contagió.
- to infect
- to spread
Tomás me contagió varicela.
Tomás gave me the chicken pox.
Me has contagiado tu resfriado.
You've given me your cold.
Tomás le ha contagiado su resfriado a María.
Tomás has given María his cold.
No me vas a contagiar una enfermedad que no existe.
You're not going to infect me with an illness that doesn't exist.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| contagia | he, she, it | Present |
| contagian | they | Present |
| contagió | he, she, it | Preterite |
| contagiando | Gerund | |
| contagie | he, she, it | Present subjunctive |
| contagiaron | they | Preterite |
| contagien | they | Present subjunctive |
| contagiaba | he, she, it | Imperfect |
| contagiará | he, she, it | Future |
| contagiamos | we | Present or preterite |
| contagiara | he, she, it | Past subjunctive |