contagio

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.təˈʒi.u]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.təˈʒi.o]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kon.taˈd͡ʒi.o]

contagio

1. first-person singular present indicative of contagiar

• IPA^(key): /konˈta.d͡ʒo/
• Rhymes: -adʒo
• Hyphenation: con‧tà‧gio

From Latin contāgium.

contagio m (plural contagi)

1. contagion
2. disease, epidemic

• contagiare

• contagione
• contagioso

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

contagio

1. first-person singular present indicative of contagiare

• contagio in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• contagio in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• contagio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• contagio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• contagio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• cogitano

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔnˈtaː.ɡi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈtaː.d͡ʒi.o]

The origin of the long -ā- is unknown. In any case, related to tangō (and the prefixed contingō), with the suffix -iō.

contāgiō f (genitive contāgiōnis); third declension

1. contact, touch

   Synonyms: tāctus, contāctus

2. intercourse (social)
3. influence

   Synonym: tāctus

Third-declension noun.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

contāgiō

1. dative/ablative singular of contāgium

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “tango”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 606-607
• “contagio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contagio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “contagio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• contagio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

contagio

1. first-person singular present indicative of contagiar

• IPA^(key): /konˈtaxjo/ [kõn̪ˈt̪a.xjo]
• Rhymes: -axjo
• Syllabification: con‧ta‧gio

From Latin contāgium.

contagio m (plural contagios)

1. infection, contagion (the spread or transmission of a disease)

   Synonym: (rare) contagión

   • 2026 February 1, Daniela Guazo, “Un contagio por hora: la epidemia de sarampión que México no pudo frenar [One infection per hour: the measles epidemic that Mexico couldn't stop]”, in El Universal (Mexico)‎^[2], archived from the original on 2 February 2026:

     El pico más alto de contagios ocurrió en mayo, tan solo tres meses después del primer contagio.

     The highest spike in infections occurred in May, just three months after the first infection.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

contagio

1. first-person singular present indicative of contagiar

• “contagio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025