quarentena
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin quarentīna (“forty days”), from Latin quadrāgintā (“forty”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
quarentena f (usually uncountable)
- (biblical) quarantine (desert where Christ fasted for forty days and nights)
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 31r:
- Tras ierico al ſol poniẽt es la quarẽtena. O xp̃s aẏuno .xl. dias & .xl. noches alli ſuſo en el mõt o quiſo tentar el diablo a xp̃s.
- Behind Jericho, toward the setting sun, is the quarantine, where Christ fasted forty days and forty nights. There, on the mountain where the Devil attempted to tempt Christ.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Spanish: cuarentena
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: qua‧ren‧te‧na
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). By surface analysis, quarenta (“forty”) + -ena.
Noun edit
quarentena f (plural quarentenas)
- (group of) forty things, usually days
- (public health) quarantine (isolation of infected patients)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
quarentena
- inflection of quarentenar: