contrario

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See also: contrarió, contrarío, contrário, and contrariò

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contrārius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈtra.rjo/
  • Rhymes: -arjo
  • Hyphenation: con‧trà‧rio

Adjective

contrario (feminine contraria, masculine plural contrari, feminine plural contrarie, superlative contrarissimo)

  1. contrary, opposite, alien
    Synonym: opposto
    Antonym: favorevole
  2. unfavourable/unfavorable, adverse
    Synonyms: avverso, sfavorevole
    Antonyms: favorevole, consenziente
  3. unwilling, reluctant
    Synonym: riluttante
    Antonyms: consenziente, desideroso
  4. opposed, against
    Antonyms: favorevole, consenziente

Noun

contrario m (plural contrari)

  1. opposite, contrary
    Synonyms: inverso, opposto
  2. antonym
    Antonym: sinonimo

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Further reading

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

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Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

contrāriō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of contrārius

References

  • “contrario”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contrario in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

contrario

  1. first-person singular present indicative of contrariar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin contrārius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈtɾaɾjo/
  • Rhymes: -aɾjo
  • Syllabification: con‧tra‧rio

Adjective

contrario (feminine contraria, masculine plural contrarios, feminine plural contrarias)

  1. contrary, opposite
  2. opposed, against

Derived terms

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