contra

See also Contra, and contra-

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɒntrə/

Preposition

contra

1. against; contrary or opposed to

Adverb

contra (comparative more contra, superlative most contra)

1. to the contrary to something

Translations

to the contrary to something

• Bulgarian: напротив (bg) (naprotiv), наопаки (bg) (naopaki)

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

Anagrams

• cantor, carton, craton

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Asturian

Preposition

contra

1. against

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin contra.

Adverb

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

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Finnish

Noun

contra

1. A fighter in the Contra movement.

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.

Anagrams

• toran

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French

Verb

contra

1. third-person singular past historic of contrer

Anagrams

• carton

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Italian

Preposition

contra

1. Variant of contro

Verb

contra

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

See also

• contraposto

Anagrams

• tronca

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Latin

From Proto-Indo-European *k(')enta (“down, below, with, far, along, against”), from *ḱen- (“to set oneself in motion, arise”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hindana, “from beyond”), Old Norse hindr (“obstacle”), Old Norse handan (“from that side, beyond”), Old High German hintana (“behind”), Old English hinder (“behind, back, in the farthest part, down”), More at hinder, contrary.

Preposition

contrā + accusative

1. against

Descendants

Albanian: kundër Catalan: contra English: contra French: contre Hungarian: kontra

Italian: contro Portuguese: contra Romanian: către, contra Spanish: contra

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin contra.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.tɾa/

Preposition

contra

1. Against.

Antonyms

• a favor, em prol, em favor, em defesa

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Spanish

Etymology

From the Latin contra.

Preposition

contra

1. against

   la lucha contra prejuicio

   the fight against prejudice

Related terms

• contrario

Descendants

• Hiligaynon: kontra
• Tagalog: kontra