quarentena

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin quarentīna (“forty days”), from Latin quadrāgintā (“forty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwaɾenˈtena/

Noun

quarentena f (usually uncountable)

1. (biblical) quarantine (desert where Christ fasted for forty days and nights)
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 31r:

     Tras ierico al ſol poniẽt es la quarẽtena. O xp̃s aẏuno .xl. dias & .xl. noches alli ſuſo en el mõt o quiſo tentar el diablo a xp̃s.

     Behind Jericho, toward the setting sun, is the quarantine, where Christ fasted forty days and forty nights. There, on the mountain where the Devil attempted to tempt Christ.

Related terms

• quarenta

Descendants

• Spanish: cuarentena

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kwa.ɾẽˈtẽ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kwa.ɾẽˈtẽ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kwa.ɾẽˈte.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kwɐ.ɾẽˈte.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: qua‧ren‧te‧na

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). By surface analysis, quarenta (“forty”) +‎ -ena.

Noun

quarentena f (plural quarentenas)

1. (group of) forty things, usually days
2. (public health) quarantine (isolation of infected patients)

Derived terms

• quarentenar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

quarentena

1. inflection of quarentenar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “quarentena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024