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Italian
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)
- (transitive) to oppose
- (transitive) to thwart (a plan)
- (transitive) to annoy, bother, irritate, disgruntle
- (intransitive, rare, literary) to be in opposition, to contrast
- (intransitive, rare, literary) to oppose
Conjugation
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
Anagrams
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kontɾaˈɾjaɾe/
- Rhymes: -aɾe
- Syllabification: con‧tra‧ria‧re
Verb
contrariare
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of contrariar