contra

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Preposition 1.2 Adverb 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.4 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Verb 2.2 Anagrams 3 Italian 3.1 Preposition 3.2 Verb 3.3 See also 4 Latin 4.1 Preposition 4.1.1 Descendants 5 Portuguese 5.1 Preposition 6 Spanish 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Preposition 6.2.1 Related terms 6.2.2 Descendants

[edit] English

[edit] Preposition

contra

1. against; contrary or opposed to

[edit] Adverb

contra (comparative more contra, superlative most contra)

1. to the contrary to something

[edit] Translations

• Bulgarian: напротив, наопаки

[edit] Noun

contra (plural contras)

1. (business) a deal to swap goods or services
2. (accounting) an entry that cancels another entry

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acnort
• cantor
• carton
• craton

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[edit] French

[edit] Verb

contra

1. Third-person singular past historic of contrer.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acnort
• carton

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Preposition

contra

1. Variant of contro

[edit] Verb

contra

1. Third-person singular present tense of contrare.
2. Second-person singular imperative of contrare.

[edit] See also

• contraposto

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Preposition

contra + accusative

1. against

[edit] Descendants

• English: contra
• French: contre
• Hungarian: kontra
• Portuguese: contra
• Spanish: contra

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Preposition

contra

1. Against.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From the Latin contra; see above.

[edit] Preposition

contra

1. against

   la lucha contra prejuicio – the fight against prejudice

[edit] Related terms

• contrario

[edit] Descendants

• Hiligaynon: kontra
• Tagalog: kontra