OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 15645

contagious

/kənˈteɪdʒəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
contagiante • contagioso • infeccioso
Easily transmitted to others.
Last year's flu strain was so contagious that everybody in town got sick!
contagioso
Easily passed on to others.
Wearing jeans was a contagious fad at that time.
contagious enthusiasm; infectious laughter
contagioso
Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.
They were highly contagious, spreading bacteria to other people.