contrarre
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin contrahere.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcontràrre (first-person singular present contràggo, first-person singular past historic contràssi, past participle contràtto, first-person singular imperfect contraévo, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to contract, to tense (muscles, nerves, the mouth, etc.)
- (transitive) to contract, to come down with, to get (a disease)
- (transitive) to pick up (a bad habit, a vice, etc.)
- (transitive) to enter into, to conclude (a pact, a marriage, etc.)
- (intransitive) to contract (to enter into a contract or covenant) [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of contràrre (syncopated; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editCategories:
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/arre
- Rhymes:Italian/arre/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian syncopated verbs
- Italian irregular verbs
- Italian verbs with irregular past historic
- Italian verbs with irregular past participle
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian transitive verbs
- Italian intransitive verbs