quarentena
Old Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Medieval Latin quarentīna (“forty days”), from Latin quadrāgintā (“forty”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editquarentena 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
editDescendants
edit- Spanish: cuarentena
Portuguese
editPronunciation
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
editquarentena f (plural quarentenas)
- (group of) forty things, usually days
- (public health) quarantine (isolation of infected patients)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editquarentena
- inflection of quarentenar:
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