contrariar

Portuguese

Etymology

From contrário +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾa.ɾɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tɾaˈɾja(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾaˈɾja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾa.ɾɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tɾaˈɾja(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾaˈɾja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.ɾiˈa(ɾ)/ [kõ.tɾa.ɾɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tɾaˈɾja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾa.ɾɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tɾaˈɾja(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾaˈɾja(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.ɾiˈa(ɻ)/ [kõ.tɾa.ɾɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tɾaˈɾja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈɾjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈɾjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈɾja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: con‧tra‧ri‧ar

Verb

1. (transitive) to counter
2. (transitive) to counteract
3. (transitive) to contradict
4. (transitive) to thwart, frustrate
5. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Further reading

• “contrariar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “contrariar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “contrariar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “contrariar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “contrariar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “contrariar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

From contrario +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontɾaˈɾjaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾaˈɾjaɾ]

Verb

contrariar (first-person singular present contrarío, first-person singular preterite contrarié, past participle contrariado)

1. (transitive) to oppose
2. (transitive) to thwart
3. (transitive) to annoy

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contrariar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			contrariar
gerund			contrariando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contrariado		contrariada
		plural		contrariados		contrariadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contrarío	contraríastú contrariásvos	contraría	contrariamos	contrariáis	contrarían
	imperfect	contrariaba	contrariabas	contrariaba	contrariábamos	contrariabais	contrariaban
	preterite	contrarié	contrariaste	contrarió	contrariamos	contrariasteis	contrariaron
	future	contrariaré	contrariarás	contrariará	contrariaremos	contrariaréis	contrariarán
	conditional	contrariaría	contrariarías	contrariaría	contrariaríamos	contrariaríais	contrariarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contraríe	contraríestú contrariésvos2	contraríe	contrariemos	contrariéis	contraríen
	imperfect (ra)	contrariara	contrariaras	contrariara	contrariáramos	contrariarais	contrariaran
	imperfect (se)	contrariase	contrariases	contrariase	contrariásemos	contrariaseis	contrariasen
	future1	contrariare	contrariares	contrariare	contrariáremos	contrariareis	contrariaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		contraríatú contrariávos	contraríe	contrariemos	contrariad	contraríen
	negative		no contraríes	no contraríe	no contrariemos	no contrariéis	no contraríen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of contrariar (i-í alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive contrariar
	dative	contrariarme	contrariarte	contrariarle, contrariarse	contrariarnos	contrariaros	contrariarles, contrariarse
	accusative	contrariarme	contrariarte	contrariarlo, contrariarla, contrariarse	contrariarnos	contrariaros	contrariarlos, contrariarlas, contrariarse
with gerund contrariando
	dative	contrariándome	contrariándote	contrariándole, contrariándose	contrariándonos	contrariándoos	contrariándoles, contrariándose
	accusative	contrariándome	contrariándote	contrariándolo, contrariándola, contrariándose	contrariándonos	contrariándoos	contrariándolos, contrariándolas, contrariándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contraría
	dative	contraríame	contraríate	contraríale	contraríanos	not used	contraríales
	accusative	contraríame	contraríate	contraríalo, contraríala	contraríanos	not used	contraríalos, contraríalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contrariá
	dative	contrariame	contrariate	contrariale	contrarianos	not used	contrariales
	accusative	contrariame	contrariate	contrarialo, contrariala	contrarianos	not used	contrarialos, contrarialas
with formal second-person singular imperative contraríe
	dative	contraríeme	not used	contraríele, contraríese	contraríenos	not used	contraríeles
	accusative	contraríeme	not used	contraríelo, contraríela, contraríese	contraríenos	not used	contraríelos, contraríelas
with first-person plural imperative contrariemos
	dative	not used	contrariémoste	contrariémosle	contrariémonos	contrariémoos	contrariémosles
	accusative	not used	contrariémoste	contrariémoslo, contrariémosla	contrariémonos	contrariémoos	contrariémoslos, contrariémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contrariad
	dative	contrariadme	not used	contrariadle	contrariadnos	contrariaos	contrariadles
	accusative	contrariadme	not used	contrariadlo, contrariadla	contrariadnos	contrariaos	contrariadlos, contrariadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contraríen
	dative	contraríenme	not used	contraríenle	contraríennos	not used	contraríenles, contraríense
	accusative	contraríenme	not used	contraríenlo, contraríenla	contraríennos	not used	contraríenlos, contraríenlas, contraríense

Further reading

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