contrariare
See also: contrariaré
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin contrāriāre. By surface analysis, contrario (“contrary”) + -are.
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contrariàre (first-person singular present contràrio, first-person singular past historic contrariài, past participle contrariàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to oppose
- (transitive) to thwart (a plan)
- (transitive) to annoy, bother, irritate, disgruntle
- (intransitive, rare, literary) to be in opposition, to contrast [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, rare, literary) to oppose [+ a (object)] [auxiliary avere]
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Conjugation of contrariàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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Further reading edit
- contrariare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- contrariare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- contrariare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- contrariàre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- contrariare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- contrariare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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