contra

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈkɒntrə/

[edit] Preposition

contra

  1. against; contrary or opposed to

[edit] Adverb

contra (comparative more contra, superlative most contra)

  1. to the contrary to something

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to the contrary to something

[edit] Noun

contra (plural contras)

  1. (business) a deal to swap goods or services
  2. (accounting) an entry that cancels another entry
  3. (informal) any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass
  4. contra dance

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contra

  1. against

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Latin contra.

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contra

  1. against
    • 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:
      Més endavant, va parlar contra la gent sense família
      But before, he was going to speak against people without family

[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

contra

  1. A fighter in the Contra movement.

[edit] Declension

Declension of contra (type koira)
singular plural
nominative contra contrat
genitive contran contrien
contrain1
partitive contraa contria
accusative contra
contran		 contrat
inessive contrassa contrissa
elative contrasta contrista
illative contraan contriin
adessive contralla contrilla
ablative contralta contrilta
allative contralle contrille
essive contrana contrina
translative contraksi contriksi
instructive – contrin
abessive contratta contritta
comitative – contrineen
1) Rare.   

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contra

  1. third-person singular past historic of contrer

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[edit] Italian

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contra

  1. Variant of contro

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contra

  1. third-person singular present indicative of contrare
  2. second-person singular imperative of contrare

[edit] See also

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Preposition

contrā + accusative

  1. against

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Etymology

From Latin contra.

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contra

  1. Against.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From the Latin contra.

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contra

  1. against
    la lucha contra prejuicio
    the fight against prejudice

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