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telenovela (iou) and infect (oh)


telenovela (iou)



telenovela noun. L20.
[Spanish.]
In Latin America: a televised soap opera.

infect (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of inficere 'to dip in, stain']
to give someone a disease
::People with the virus may feel perfectly well, but they can still infect others.
infect with
::the number of people infected with HIV
[usually passive] to make something contain something harmful that gives people a disease
infect with
::Eggs known to be infected with salmonella were allowed to go on sale.
if a feeling or interest that you have infects Other people, it makes them begin to feel the same way or have the same interest
::Lucy's enthusiasm soon infected the rest of the class.
if a virus infects your computer or disks, it changes or destroys the information in them