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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin contrādictōrius (“contradictory”), from Latin contrādīcō (“to speak against; to contradict”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾa.d͡ʒiˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tɾa.d͡ʒiˈtɔ.ɾju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾa.d͡ʒiˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tɾa.d͡ʒiˈtɔ.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾa.d͡ʒiˈtɔ.ɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tɾa.d͡ʒiˈtɔ.ɾjo/
- Hyphenation: con‧tra‧di‧tó‧ri‧o
Adjective
contraditório (feminine contraditória, masculine plural contraditórios, feminine plural contraditórias)
- contradictory (that contradicts something)
- contradictory (that is itself a contradiction)
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