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Galician
Adjective
contrário (feminine contrária, masculine plural contrários, feminine plural contrárias, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of contrario
Noun
contrário m (plural contrários)
- reintegrationist spelling of contrario
Further reading
- “contrário” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contrārius.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈtɾa.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõˈtɾa.ɾju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈtɾa.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõˈtɾa.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈtɾa.ɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõˈtɾa.ɾjo/
- Hyphenation: con‧trá‧ri‧o
Adjective
contrário (feminine contrária, masculine plural contrários, feminine plural contrárias)
- contrary, opposite
- opposed, against
Further reading
- “contrário”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “contrário”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “contrário” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “contrário”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “contrário”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “contrário”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024