Meaning
to contaminate; pollute
- to make something dirty or unsafe with harmful substances
- to pollute air, water, or land
- to affect something negatively by contact
In a sentence
Le fabbriche contaminano il fiume vicino.
Factories contaminate the nearby river.
Chi ha contaminato l'acqua del pozzo?
Who contaminated the well water?
Non vogliamo contaminare la spiaggia.
We do not want to contaminate the beach.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| contaminare | infinitive |
| contamino | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| contamini | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| contamina | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| contaminiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| contaminate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| contaminano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| contaminavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| contaminavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| contaminava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| contaminavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| contaminavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| contaminavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| contaminai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| contaminasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| contaminò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| contaminammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| contaminaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| contaminarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| contaminerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| contaminerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| contaminerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| contamineremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| contaminerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| contamineranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| contamini | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| contamini | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| contamini | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| contaminiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| contaminiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| contaminino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| contaminassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| contaminassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| contaminasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| contaminassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| contaminaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| contaminassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| contaminerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| contamineresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| contaminerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| contamineremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| contaminereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| contaminerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| contamina | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| contaminiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| contaminate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| contaminando | gerund |
| contaminato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Common with acqua, aria, suolo, cibo.
- Often used in passive forms: l'acqua è stata contaminata.
- Do not confuse with contagiare, which is about infecting people.