contractura

Latin

Participle

contractūra

1. inflection of contractūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

contractūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of contractūrus

References

• “contractura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contractura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• constractura (Chile, hypercorrective)
• contratura (Chile, colloquial)

Etymology

From Latin contractūra, derived from contrahĕre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontɾaɡˈtuɾa/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾaɣ̞ˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: con‧trac‧tu‧ra

Noun

contractura f (plural contracturas)

1. muscle contraction

Derived terms

• contracturado
• contracturar

 

Further reading

• “contractura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014