contrarrestar

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contra + restāre, present infinitive of restō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kontɾaresˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧tra‧rres‧tar

Verb

contrarrestar (first-person singular present contrarresto, first-person singular preterite contrarresté, past participle contrarrestado)

  1. (transitive) to counteract, counter
    • 2020 July 28, “Después del orden internacional liberal”, in El País:
      ¿Aceptarán China y Rusia participar? En los años noventa y dos mil, estos países no podían contrarrestar el poder estadounidense, y Estados Unidos pasó por alto el principio de soberanía, en pos de la defensa de los valores liberales.
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