contra

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒntrə/

PrepositionEdit

contra

1. against; contrary or opposed to

AdverbEdit

contra (comparative more contra, superlative most contra)

1. to the contrary to something

TranslationsEdit

NounEdit

contra (plural contras)

1. (business) a deal to swap goods or services
2. (accounting) an entry that cancels another entry
3. (music, informal) any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass
4. contra dance

AnagramsEdit

• cantor
• carton
• craton

EtymologyEdit

From Latin contra.

PrepositionEdit

contra

1. against

EtymologyEdit

From Latin contra.

AdverbEdit

contra

1. against
   • 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:

     Més endavant, va parlar contra la gent sense família

     But before, he was going to speak against people without family

NounEdit

contra

1. Contra (anti-Sandinista fighter)

DeclensionEdit

SynonymsEdit

• contrasissi

VerbEdit

contra

1. third-person singular past historic of contrer

AnagramsEdit

• carton

PrepositionEdit

contra

1. alternative form of contro

VerbEdit

contra

1. third-person singular present indicative of contrare
2. second-person singular imperative of contrare

See alsoEdit

• contraposto

AnagramsEdit

• tronca

EtymologyEdit

From Latin contra.

PrepositionEdit

contra

1. against

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *k(')enta (“down, below, with, far, along, against”), from *ḱen- (“to set oneself in motion, arise”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hindana, “from beyond”), Old Norse hindr (“obstacle”), Old Norse handan (“from that side, beyond”), Old High German hintana (“behind”), Old English hinder (“behind, back, in the farthest part, down”), More at hinder, contrary.

PrepositionEdit

contrā + accusative

1. against
2. across from, opposite

DescendantsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin contra.

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa/

PrepositionEdit

contra

1. against

AntonymsEdit

• a favor
• em prol
• em favor
• em defesa

EtymologyEdit

From Latin contra.

PronunciationEdit

• Audio (Latin America)

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PrepositionEdit

contra

1. against

   la lucha contra prejuicio

   the fight against prejudice

Related termsEdit

• contrario

DescendantsEdit

• Hiligaynon: kontra
• Tagalog: kontra