contrariar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From contrário +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾa.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tɾaˈɾja(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾa.ɾiˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tɾaˈɾja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾa.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tɾaˈɾja(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾa.ɾiˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tɾaˈɾja(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: con‧tra‧ri‧ar

Verb

contrariar (first-person singular present contrario, first-person singular preterite contrariei, past participle contrariado)

  1. (transitive) to counter
  2. (transitive) to counteract
  3. (transitive) to contradict
  4. (transitive) to thwart, frustrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contrariar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal contrariar
Personal contrariar contrariares contrariar contrariarmos contrariardes contrariarem
Gerund
contrariando
Past participle
Masculine contrariado contrariados
Feminine contrariada contrariadas
Indicative
Present contrario contrarias contraria contrariamos contrariais contrariam
Imperfect contrariava contrariavas contrariava contrariávamos contrariáveis contrariavam
Preterite contrariei contrariaste contrariou contrariamos1, contrariámos2 contrariastes contrariaram
Pluperfect contrariara contrariaras contrariara contrariáramos contrariáreis contrariaram
Future contrariarei contrariarás contrariará contrariaremos contrariareis contrariarão
Conditional contrariaria contrariarias contrariaria contrariaríamos contrariaríeis contrariariam
Subjunctive
Present contrarie contraries contrarie contrariemos contrarieis contrariem
Imperfect contrariasse contrariasses contrariasse contrariássemos contrariásseis contrariassem
Future contrariar contrariares contrariar contrariarmos contrariardes contrariarem
Imperative
Affirmative contraria contrarie contrariemos contrariai contrariem
Negative (não) não contraries não contrarie não contrariemos não contrarieis não contrariem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From contrario +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kontɾaˈɾjaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧tra‧riar

Verb

contrariar (first-person singular present contrarío, first-person singular preterite contrarié, past participle contrariado)

  1. (transitive) to oppose
  2. (transitive) to thwart
  3. (transitive) to annoy

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contrariar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive contrariar
gerund contrariando
past participle masculine feminine
singular contrariado contrariada
plural contrariados contrariadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present contrarío contraríastú
contrariásvos 		contraría contrariamos contrariáis contrarían
imperfect contrariaba contrariabas contrariaba contrariábamos contrariabais contrariaban
preterite contrarié contrariaste contrarió contrariamos contrariasteis contrariaron
future contrariaré contrariarás contrariará contrariaremos contrariaréis contrariarán
conditional contrariaría contrariarías contrariaría contrariaríamos contrariaríais contrariarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present contraríe contraríestú
contrariésvos2 		contraríe contrariemos contrariéis contraríen
imperfect
(ra) 		contrariara contrariaras contrariara contrariáramos contrariarais contrariaran
imperfect
(se) 		contrariase contrariases contrariase contrariásemos contrariaseis contrariasen
future1 contrariare contrariares contrariare contrariáremos contrariareis contrariaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative contraríatú
contrariávos 		contraríe contrariemos contrariad contraríen
negative no contraríes no contraríe no contrariemos no contrariéis no contraríen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of contrariar (i-í alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive contrariar
dative contrariarme contrariarte contrariarle, contrariarse contrariarnos contrariaros contrariarles, contrariarse
accusative contrariarme contrariarte contrariarlo, contrariarla, contrariarse contrariarnos contrariaros contrariarlos, contrariarlas, contrariarse
with gerund contrariando
dative contrariándome contrariándote contrariándole, contrariándose contrariándonos contrariándoos contrariándoles, contrariándose
accusative contrariándome contrariándote contrariándolo, contrariándola, contrariándose contrariándonos contrariándoos contrariándolos, contrariándolas, contrariándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contraría
dative contraríame contraríate contraríale contraríanos not used contraríales
accusative contraríame contraríate contraríalo, contraríala contraríanos not used contraríalos, contraríalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contrariá
dative contrariame contrariate contrariale contrarianos not used contrariales
accusative contrariame contrariate contrarialo, contrariala contrarianos not used contrarialos, contrarialas
with formal second-person singular imperative contraríe
dative contraríeme not used contraríele, contraríese contraríenos not used contraríeles
accusative contraríeme not used contraríelo, contraríela, contraríese contraríenos not used contraríelos, contraríelas
with first-person plural imperative contrariemos
dative not used contrariémoste contrariémosle contrariémonos contrariémoos contrariémosles
accusative not used contrariémoste contrariémoslo, contrariémosla contrariémonos contrariémoos contrariémoslos, contrariémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contrariad
dative contrariadme not used contrariadle contrariadnos contrariaos contrariadles
accusative contrariadme not used contrariadlo, contrariadla contrariadnos contrariaos contrariadlos, contrariadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contraríen
dative contraríenme not used contraríenle contraríennos not used contraríenles, contraríense
accusative contraríenme not used contraríenlo, contraríenla contraríennos not used contraríenlos, contraríenlas, contraríense

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