This English term can be transliterated into Tagalog as kontéydyus.
nakahaháwa
contagious
Nakakahawa ba ang tigdás?
Is measles contagious?
Nakahahawa talaga ang tigdas.
Measles is really contagious.
Hindi naman daw nakakahawa ang hika.
They say asthma is not contagious.
formal: nakahaháwa
colloquial: nakakahawa
