infecção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• infeção (Portugal)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnfectiōnem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fekˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.fekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɛˈksɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: in‧fe‧ção

Noun

infecção f (plural infecções) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, European Portuguese spelling)

1. infection (uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host)

Derived terms

• desinfecção

Related terms

• infectar

References

• “infecção”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025