impestare
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]impestàre (first-person singular present impèsto, first-person singular past historic impestài, past participle impestàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to infect (especially with syphilis or other STD)
- (transitive, figurative) to taint, to contaminate (with bad odors, fumes, etc.), to stink up
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of impestàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- impestare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana