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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contrādīcere, from contrā (“against”) + dīcō (“to speak”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: con‧tra‧di‧zer
Verb
contradizer (first-person singular present contradigo, first-person singular preterite contradisse, past participle contradito)
- to contradict (deny the truth of a statement or statements)
- Synonyms: contestar, refutar
2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 538:Sinto muito ter de contradizê-la, Minerva, mas, como pode ver no meu bilhete, Harry tem obtido resultados muito fracos nas minhas aulas...- I'm sorry to contradict you, Minerva, but, as you can see in my note, Harry has obtained very weak results in my classes...
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