contrahacer
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom contra (“against”) + hacer (“to make”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /kontɾaaˈθeɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.aˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kontɾaaˈseɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.aˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: con‧tra‧ha‧cer
Verb
editcontrahacer (first-person singular present contrahago, first-person singular preterite contrahíce, past participle contrahecho)
- (transitive) to counterfeit, to fake or imitate
- (reflexive) to pretend to be
- Synonym: fingir
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of contrahacer (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading
edit- “contrahacer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014