No. 10,151 in Swedish
infektera
"Infektera" means "to infect" in English.
In a sentence
Bakterier kan infektera öppna sår.
Bacteria can infect open wounds.
Here, 'infektera' is used in a medical/biological context to describe how bacteria cause infection.
Hackaren lyckades infektera systemet med ett virus.
The hacker managed to infect the system with a virus.
In this sentence, 'infektera' is used metaphorically in the technological sense to mean compromising a computer system.
Hans falska påståenden började infektera arbetsmiljön.
His false statements started to infect the work environment.
Here, 'infektera' is used in a figurative way to describe introducing negativity or problems into a social or emotional setting.
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