Translation for "be contagious" to spanish

Be contagious

verb

• contagiarse

Translation examples

contagiarse verb

Without adequate intervention, the spiral of instability in those countries, resulting from fragile political institutions and weak economic growth, was seen as likely to continue, with contagious effects throughout the subregion.
Se consideraba probable que, sin una intervención adecuada, siguiera aumentando en esos Estados la inestabilidad derivada de la fragilidad de sus instituciones políticas y de su crecimiento económico, que podría contagiarse a toda la subregión.

But sorrow can also be contagious. Fear is different.
Pero también la pena puede contagiarse. El miedo es diferente.

But everything is secret, concealed, as if the broken spine were contagious.
Pero todo resulta misterioso, oculto, como si la fractura de columna vertebral fuera a contagiarse.

He was fun to be with, easy to talk to, and his laughter and high spirits seemed to be contagious.
Era una persona alegre, de conversación agradable, y sus risas y su buen humor acababan por contagiarse.

Others, like Avice, eyed it with vague distaste, or failed to mention it at all, as if they were afraid it might be contagious in some way.
Otras, como Avice, lo miraban con vaga aversión o evitaban mencionarlo, como si de alguna forma les preocupase contagiarse.

The audible groan from the Eric-Mike-DJ section in the back was contagious and, not surprisingly, Markov quickly began to lose the room.
El sonoro bufido procedente de la sección de Eric, Mike y DJ, al fondo, no tardó en contagiarse al resto y, como era de esperar, Markov empezó a perder a marchas forzadas el control sobre la clase.

Refugees were loners; their fear meant they couldn’t stand to have people come too close to them, as if the sorrows and despair of others were a contagious disease.
Los refugiados eran seres solitarios, su pavor les impedía tener a otras personas demasiado cerca de ellos, como si las penas y la desesperación de los otros pudieran contagiarse y producirles infecciones incurables.

He was about to have that old woman strip you when I convinced him that if the fever had come back, it would be contagious and that, any case, you would be offended if your clothes were taken without your permission.
Iba a ordenar a la anciana que te desnudase pero lo convencí de que si volvía la fiebre podría contagiarse y que además te sentirías ofendido de que te quitasen las ropas sin tu permiso.

She was barely twenty then, and besides looking young she looked fragile, with her eyes very wide open at the flash, and on her lips that tense smile, almost forced, that couldn't quite manage to catch the contagious happiness of the man embracing her.
Contaba apenas veinte años entonces, y además de chavísima parecía frágil, con los ojos muy abiertos ante el flash de la cámara, y en la boca aquella mueca algo forzada, que no llegaba a contagiarse de la alegría del hombre que la abrazaba.