contrarre

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin contrahere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈtrar.re/
  • Rhymes: -arre
  • Hyphenation: con‧tràr‧re

Verb

contràrre (first-person singular present contràggo, first-person singular past historic contràssi, past participle contràtto, first-person singular imperfect contraévo, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to contract, to tense (muscles, nerves, the mouth, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to contract, to come down with, to get (a disease)
  3. (transitive) to pick up (a bad habit, a vice, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to enter into, to conclude (a pact, a marriage, etc.)
  5. (intransitive) to contract (to enter into a contract or covenant)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contràrre (syncopated; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive contràrre
auxiliary verb avére gerund contraèndo
present participle contraènte past participle contràtto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present contràggo contrài contràe contraiàmo contraéte contràggono
imperfect contraévo contraévi contraéva contraevàmo contraevàte contraévano
past historic contràssi contraésti contràsse contraémmo contraéste contràssero
future contrarrò contrarrài contrarrà contrarrémo contrarréte contrarrànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present contrarrèi contrarrésti contrarrèbbe, contrarrébbe contrarrémmo contrarréste contrarrèbbero, contrarrébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present contràgga contràgga contràgga contraiàmo contraiàte contràggano
imperfect contraéssi contraéssi contraésse contraéssimo contraéste contraéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
contrài contràgga contraiàmo contraéte contràggano
negative imperative non contràrre non contràgga non contraiàmo non contraéte non contràggano

Derived terms

See also

Wikious
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