kontraŭagi

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Etymology

From kontraŭ- (against) +‎ agi (to act).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aɡi
  • Hyphenation: kon‧traŭ‧a‧gi

Verb

kontraŭagi (present kontraŭagas, past kontraŭagis, future kontraŭagos, conditional kontraŭagus, volitive kontraŭagu)

  1. (intransitive) to act in opposition, counteract (with kontraŭ or al)
    Ĉiu lerna eksperto estis tre malsama ol la aliaj, sed ili ne kontraŭagis: ĉiu iel kontaktigis min al komuna muzika tradicio el kiu mi sukcesis ekhavi apartan senton [...] (Piero Bonaguri, “Instruado de Segovia: eksplodo da libereco”)
    Each of the educational experts was very different from the others, but they did not act in opposition : each one brought me into contact, in some way, with the common musical tradition from which I had gained a different sense

Usage notes

Although kontraŭagi is shown as intransitive in the Plena Ilustrita Vortaro, in practice it is often used transitively in the sense of counteract or contravene.

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