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Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin contractus.
Pronunciation
Noun
contrato m (plural contratos)
- contract
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “contrato”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “contrauto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “contrato”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “contrato”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Italian
Participle
contrato (feminine contrata, masculine plural contrati, feminine plural contrate)
- past participle of contrare
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -atu
- Hyphenation: con‧tra‧to
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin contractus.
Noun
contrato m (plural contratos)
- contract
Etymology 2
Verb
contrato
- first-person singular present indicative of contratar
Etymology 3
Adjective
contrato (feminine contrata, masculine plural contratos, feminine plural contratas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, European Portuguese spelling)
- contracted (made smaller by contraction)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈtɾato/
- Rhymes: -ato
- Syllabification: con‧tra‧to
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin contractus. Cognate with English contract.
Noun
contrato m (plural contratos)
- contract, agreement
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
contrato
- first-person singular present indicative of contratar
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