contracultura

See also: contracultură

Portuguese

Etymology

Calque of English counterculture, from contra- +‎ cultura.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/ [kõ.tɾa.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/ [kõ.tɾa.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.kuwˈtu.ɾa/ [kõ.tɾa.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐ.kulˈtu.ɾɐ/ [kõ.tɾɐ.kuɫˈtu.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: con‧tra‧cul‧tu‧ra

Noun

contracultura f (plural contraculturas)

1. counterculture (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the mainstream culture)

Further reading

• “contracultura” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of English counterculture; contra- +‎ cultura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontɾakulˈtuɾa/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.kul̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧cul‧tu‧ra

Noun

contracultura f (plural contraculturas)

1. counterculture (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the mainstream culture)

Related terms

• contracultural

 

Further reading

• “contracultura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014