quarentena
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin quarentīna (“forty days”), from Latin quadrāgintā (“forty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwaɾenˈtena/
Noun
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 poniét es la quarétena. O xṕs aẏuno. xl. dias & .xl. noches alli ſuſo en el mót o quiſo tentar el diablo a xṕs.
- 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.
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 31r.
Related terms
- quarenta
Descendants
- Spanish: cuarentena
Portuguese
Noun
quarentena f (plural quarentenas)
- (public health) quarantine (isolation of infected patients)
Derived terms
- quarentenar
Verb
quarentena
- inflection of quarentenar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “quarentena” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.