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Portuguese
Etymology
From contra- + atacar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ˌkõ.tɾa.a.taˈka(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ˌkõ.tɾa.taˈka(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ˌkõ.tɾa.a.taˈka(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ˌkõ.tɾa.taˈka(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ˌkõ.tɾa.a.taˈka(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ˌkõ.tɾa.taˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ˌkõ.tɾa.a.taˈka(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ˌkõ.tɾa.taˈka(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ˌkõ.tɾa.a.taˈka(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ˌkõ.tɾa.taˈka(ɻ)/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Hyphenation: con‧tra-‧a‧ta‧car
Verb
contra-atacar (first-person singular present contra-ataco, first-person singular preterite contra-ataquei, past participle contra-atacado)
- (intransitive) to counter-attack
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “contra-atacar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “contra-atacar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “contra-atacar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “contra-atacar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024