See also: contrastaré

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Late Latin contrāstāre (to oppose), derived from Classical Latin contrā (against) +‎ stō (to stand).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kon.traˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: con‧tra‧stà‧re

Verb edit

contrastàre (first-person singular present contràsto, first-person singular past historic contrastài, past participle contrastàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (archaic, transitive with a) to oppose, to impede, to hinder
  2. (intransitive, or transitive with con) to quarrel, to argue, to fight
  3. (figurative, intransitive, or transitive with con) to disagree, to clash
  4. (intransitive) to fight [+ con (someone) = with]
  5. (transitive) to oppose, to impede, to hinder

Conjugation edit

Including lesser-used forms:

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • contrastare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams edit

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

From contrasta +‎ -re.

Noun edit

contrastare f (plural contrastări)

  1. contrasting

Declension edit

References edit

  • contrastare in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish edit

Verb edit

contrastare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of contrastar