impestare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to infect (especially with syphilis or other STD)
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to taint, to contaminate (with bad odors, fumes, etc.), to stink up

Hyphenated as
im‧pe‧stà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/im.pesˈta.re/
Etymology

From im- + peste + -are.

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