contrarre
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin contrahere.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
contràrre (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)