Spanish verb contagiar conjugation

contagiar

to infect, to spread, to transmit

regular verbPast participle: contagiadoGerund: contagiando

Contagiar means to transmit or spread a disease, emotion, or influence from one person or thing to another. It is used both literally and figuratively.

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Complete conjugation of contagiar

Indicative Present

El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	contagio	Yo contagio a mis amigos con mi entusiasmo. I infect my friends with my enthusiasm.
Tú	contagias	Tú contagias a todos con tu risa. You infect everyone with your laughter.
Él / Ella / Usted	contagia	Ella contagia su alegría a la clase. She infects the class with her joy.
Nosotros / Nosotras	contagiamos	Nosotros contagiamos entusiasmo en el equipo. We infect the team with enthusiasm.
Vosotros / Vosotras	contagiáis	Vosotros contagiáis energía en la fiesta. You all infect the party with energy.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	contagian	Ellos contagian su pasión por el deporte. They infect their passion for sports.

Indicative Preterite

El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	contagié	Ayer contagié a mis amigos. Yesterday I infected my friends.
Tú	contagiaste	Tú contagiaste a todos en la fiesta. You infected everyone at the party.
Él / Ella / Usted	contagió	Ella contagió a sus colegas rápidamente. She infected her colleagues quickly.
Nosotros / Nosotras	contagiamos	Nosotros contagimos a la familia en Navidad. We infected the family at Christmas.
Vosotros / Vosotras	contagiasteis	Vosotros contagiasteis a todos en la reunión. You all infected everyone at the meeting.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	contagiaron	Los niños contagieron a sus amigos. The children infected their friends.

Indicative Imperfect

El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	contagiaba	Yo contagIaba a mis amigos en la escuela. I used to infect my friends at school.
Tú	contagiabas	Tú contagIabas a todos en la fiesta. You used to infect everyone at the party.
Él / Ella / Usted	contagiaba	Ella contagIaba a sus compañeros de trabajo. She used to infect her coworkers.
Nosotros / Nosotras	contagiábamos	Nosotros contagIábamos a los niños en la guardería. We used to infect the children at the daycare.
Vosotros / Vosotras	contagiabais	Vosotros contagIabais a todos en la clase. You all used to infect everyone in the class.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	contagiaban	Ellos contagIaban a sus amigos frecuentemente. They used to infect their friends frequently.

Indicative Present Continuous

El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	estoy contagiando	Estoy contagiando a mis amigos. I am infecting my friends.
Tú	estás contagiando	Estás contagiando a todos en la oficina. You are infecting everyone in the office.
Él / Ella / Usted	está contagiando	Ella está contagiando a sus compañeros. She is infecting her colleagues.
Nosotros / Nosotras	estamos contagiando	Estamos contagiando a la comunidad. We are infecting the community.
Vosotros / Vosotras	estáis contagiando	Vosotros estáis contagiando a todos aquí. You all are infecting everyone here.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	están contagiando	Ellos están contagiando a los niños. They are infecting the children.

Indicative Informal Future

El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	voy a contagiar	Voy a contagiar a mis amigos. I am going to infect my friends.
Tú	vas a contagiar	¿Vas a contagiar a todos? Are you going to infect everyone?
Él / Ella / Usted	va a contagiar	Ella va a contagiar a sus colegas. She is going to infect her colleagues.
Nosotros / Nosotras	vamos a contagiar	Vamos a contagiar a la familia. We are going to infect the family.
Vosotros / Vosotras	vais a contagiar	Vosotros vais a contagiar a todos. You all are going to infect everyone.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	van a contagiar	Ellos van a contagiar a sus amigos. They are going to infect their friends.

Indicative Future

El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	contagiaré	El virus contagiaré a muchas personas. The virus will infect many people.
Tú	contagiarás	Tú contagiarás a tus amigos. You will infect your friends.
Él / Ella / Usted	contagiará	Ella contagiará a sus colegas. She will infect her colleagues.
Nosotros / Nosotras	contagiaremos	Nosotros contagiaremos a la comunidad. We will infect the community.
Vosotros / Vosotras	contagiaréis	Vosotros contagiaréis a todos. You all will infect everyone.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	contagiarán	Ellos contagiarán a sus familias. They will infect their families.

Indicative Conditional

El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	contagiaría	Yo contagiaría la enfermedad si no tuviera cuidado. I would spread the disease if I weren't careful.
Tú	contagiarías	Tú contagiarías a todos si no te aislas. You would spread it to everyone if you don't isolate yourself.
Él / Ella / Usted	contagiaría	Él contagiaría a sus amigos sin querer. He would infect his friends unintentionally.
Nosotros / Nosotras	contagiaríamos	Nosotros contagiaríamos la noticia si la supiéramos. We would spread the news if we knew it.
Vosotros / Vosotras	contagiaríais	Vosotros contagiaríais la gripe en invierno. You all would spread the flu in winter.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	contagiarían	Ellos contagiarían la infección si no se cuidan. They would spread the infection if they don't take care.

Indicative Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	he contagiado	Yo he contagiado a mis amigos. I have infected my friends.
Tú	has contagiado	Tú has contagiado a todos en la oficina. You have infected everyone in the office.
Él / Ella / Usted	ha contagiado	Ella ha contagiado a su familia. She has infected her family.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hemos contagiado	Nosotros hemos contagiado a varios pacientes. We have infected several patients.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habéis contagiado	Vosotros habéis contagiado a muchos amigos. You all have infected many friends.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	han contagiado	Ellos han contagiado a sus colegas. They have infected their colleagues.

Indicative Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	había contagiado	Yo había contagiado a mis amigos antes de saberlo. I had infected my friends before knowing it.
Tú	habías contagiado	Tú habías contagiado a todos en la fiesta. You had infected everyone at the party.
Él / Ella / Usted	había contagiado	Ella había contagiado a su familia sin querer. She had infected her family unintentionally.
Nosotros / Nosotras	habíamos contagiado	Nosotros habíamos contagiado a los pacientes antes de la cuarentena. We had infected the patients before the quarantine.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habíais contagiado	Vosotros habíais contagiado a todos en la escuela. You all had infected everyone at school.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	habían contagiado	Ellos habían contagiado a sus colegas en la oficina. They had infected their colleagues at the office.

Indicative Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	habré contagiado	Para entonces, ya habré contagiado a todos. By then, I will have infected everyone.
Tú	habrás contagiado	Para mañana, habrás contagiado a tus amigos. By tomorrow, you will have infected your friends.
Él / Ella / Usted	habrá contagiado	Cuando llegues, él ya habrá contagiado a todos. When you arrive, he will have already infected everyone.
Nosotros / Nosotras	habremos contagiado	Para el fin de semana, habremos contagiado a la mayoría. By the weekend, we will have infected most.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habréis contagiado	Para entonces, habréis contagiado a todos en la fiesta. By then, you all will have infected everyone at the party.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	habrán contagiado	Para el próximo mes, habrán contagiado a muchas personas. By next month, they will have infected many people.

Indicative Conditional Perfect

El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	habría contagiado	Yo habría contagiado a todos en la fiesta. I would have infected everyone at the party.
Tú	habrías contagiado	Tú habrías contagiado a tus amigos. You would have infected your friends.
Él / Ella / Usted	habría contagiado	Él habría contagiado a su familia. He would have infected his family.
Nosotros / Nosotras	habríamos contagiado	Nosotros habríamos contagiado a todos en la reunión. We would have infected everyone at the meeting.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habríais contagiado	Vosotros habríais contagiado a los vecinos. You all would have infected the neighbors.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	habrían contagiado	Ellos habrían contagiado a sus colegas. They would have infected their colleagues.

Subjunctive Present

El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	contagie	Espero que yo contagie a todos con mi entusiasmo. I hope I infect everyone with my enthusiasm.
Tú	contagies	Es importante que tú contagies tu energía. It's important that you infect your energy.
Él / Ella / Usted	contagie	Es posible que ella contagie a sus amigos. It's possible that she infects her friends.
Nosotros / Nosotras	contagiemos	Queremos que nosotros contagiemos alegría. We want us to spread joy.
Vosotros / Vosotras	contagiéis	Espero que vosotros contagiéis entusiasmo. I hope that you all infect enthusiasm.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	contagien	Es importante que ellos contagien confianza. It's important that they spread confidence.

Subjunctive Imperfect

El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	contagiara	Esperaba que él contagiera a todos. I hoped that he would infect everyone.
Tú	contagiaras	No creía que tú contagiaras a nadie. I didn't believe that you would infect anyone.
Él / Ella / Usted	contagiara	Pensé que ella contagiera a su familia. I thought that she would infect her family.
Nosotros / Nosotras	contagiáramos	Deseábamos que nosotros contagáramos la enfermedad. We wished that we would infect the disease.
Vosotros / Vosotras	contagiarais	No sabíamos que vosotros contagiarais a otros. We didn't know that you would infect others.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	contagiaran	Era posible que ellos contagiaran a más personas. It was possible that they would infect more people.

Subjunctive Future

El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situaciones y acciones/eventos que pueden ocurrir en el futuro

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	contagiare	Si te contagiare la gripe, te avisaré. If I catch the flu, I will inform you.
Tú	contagiare	¿Qué harás si contagiare la enfermedad? What will you do if you catch the disease?
Él / Ella / Usted	contagiare	Es posible que contagiare a todos en la fiesta. It is possible that he will infect everyone at the party.
Nosotros / Nosotras	contagiare	Nosotros contagiare a los visitantes si no tenemos cuidado. We will infect the visitors if we are not careful.
Vosotros / Vosotras	contagiare	¿Contagiare vosotros a los vecinos con esa enfermedad? Will you infect the neighbors with that illness?
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	contagiare	Es probable que contagiare a todos en el evento. They will probably infect everyone at the event.

Subjunctive Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	haya contagiado	Espero que haya contagiado a todos. I hope I have infected everyone.
Tú	hayas contagiado	Es posible que hayas contagiado a alguien. It's possible that you have infected someone.
Él / Ella / Usted	haya contagiado	Es probable que él haya contagiado a su familia. It's likely that he has infected his family.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hayamos contagiado	Creemos que hayamos contagiado a varios pacientes. We believe that we have infected several patients.
Vosotros / Vosotras	hayáis contagiado	No estoy seguro de que hayáis contagiado a alguien. I'm not sure that you have infected anyone.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hayan contagiado	Es posible que hayan contagiado a muchas personas. It's possible that they have infected many people.

Subjunctive Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	hubiera contagiado	Si hubiera contagiado a más personas, habría sido peor. If I had infected more people, it would have been worse.
Tú	hubieras contagiado	Es posible que tú hubieras contagiado a alguien sin saber. Maybe you had infected someone unknowingly.
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiera contagiado	Ella hubiera contagiado a todos en la oficina. She had infected everyone in the office.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hubiéramos contagiado	Nosotros hubiéramos contagiado si no hubiéramos tomado precauciones. We would have infected if we hadn't taken precautions.
Vosotros / Vosotras	hubierais contagiado	Vosotros hubierais contagiado sin querer en la fiesta. You all had infected unintentionally at the party.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieran contagiado	Ellos hubieran contagiado a todos si no se hubieran cuidado. They would have infected everyone if they hadn't been careful.

Subjunctive Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	hubiere contagiado	Para entonces, ya hubiere contagiado a todos. By then, I will have already infected everyone.
Tú	hubieres contagiado	Si llegares tarde, ya hubieres contagiado a todos. If you arrive late, you will have already infected everyone.
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiere contagiado	Cuando llegue, ya hubiere contagiado a todos. When he arrives, he will have already infected everyone.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hubiéremos contagiado	Para entonces, ya hubiéremos contagiado a todos. By then, we will have already infected everyone.
Vosotros / Vosotras	hubiereis contagiado	Cuando lleguéis, ya hubiereis contagiado a todos. When you all arrive, you will have already infected everyone.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieren contagiado	Para entonces, ya hubieren contagiado a todos. By then, they will have already infected everyone.

Imperative Affirmative

El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	contagio	No se usa en imperativo para tú. It is not used in imperative for you.
Tú	contagia	¡Contagia la información a todos! Spread the information to everyone!
Él / Ella / Usted	contague	Contague a sus amigos con cuidado. He/She/You (formal) spread it carefully.
Nosotros / Nosotras	contagiemos	Contagiemos alegría en la fiesta. Let's spread joy at the party.
Vosotros / Vosotras	contagiad	Contagiad entusiasmo en la reunión. Spread enthusiasm at the meeting.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	contagien	Contagien su entusiasmo a todos. They/You all spread their enthusiasm to everyone.

Imperative Negative

El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	no contagie	No contagie a sus amigos. Don't infect your friends.
Tú	no contagies	No contagies a nadie en la escuela. Don't infect anyone at school.
Él / Ella / Usted	no contagie	Por favor, no contagie a los pacientes. Please, don't infect the patients.
Nosotros / Nosotras	no contagiemos	No contagiemos a los demás sin querer. Let's not infect others unintentionally.
Vosotros / Vosotras	no contagiéis	No contagiéis a los niños en la guardería. Don't infect the children in the nursery.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	no contagien	Deben evitar que contagien a otros. They must prevent them from infecting others.