contrariare

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See also: contrariaré

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin contrāriāre. By surface analysis, contrario (contrary) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kon.traˈrja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: con‧tra‧rià‧re

Verb

contrariàre (first-person singular present contràrio, first-person singular past historic contrariài, past participle contrariàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to oppose
  2. (transitive) to thwart (a plan)
  3. (transitive) to annoy, bother, irritate, disgruntle
  4. (intransitive, rare, literary) to be in opposition, to contrast
  5. (intransitive, rare, literary) to oppose

Conjugation

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Further reading

  • contrariare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • contrariare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • contrariare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • contrariàre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • contrariare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • contrariare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kontɾaˈɾjaɾe/
  • Rhymes: -aɾe
  • Syllabification: con‧tra‧ria‧re

Verb

contrariare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of contrariar