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infettare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • infect verb To pass a disease-causing germ or virus into a person, animal, or plant.
  • taint noun A trace of contamination, corruption, or disgrace attached to something or someone.

Senses

infettare is used for these senses in English:

  • infect (transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
  • taint (transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.

infect — full definition

  1. verb To pass a disease-causing germ or virus into a person, animal, or plant.
  2. verb To spread a feeling or attitude to other people.

taint — full definition

  1. noun A trace of contamination, corruption, or disgrace attached to something or someone.
  2. verb To contaminate or spoil something, physically or morally.
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