contrario

See also: contrarió, contrarío, contrário, and contrariò

Italian

Alternative forms

• contrado, contradio, contraro

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contrārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtra.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: con‧trà‧rio

Adjective

contrario (feminine contraria, masculine plural contrari, feminine plural contrarie, superlative contrarissimo)

1. contrary, opposite, alien

   Synonym: opposto

   Antonym: favorevole

2. unfavourable/unfavorable, adverse

   Synonyms: avverso, sfavorevole

   Antonyms: favorevole, consenziente

3. unwilling, reluctant

   Synonym: riluttante

   Antonyms: consenziente, desideroso

4. opposed, against

   Antonyms: favorevole, consenziente

Noun

contrario m (plural contrari)

1. opposite, contrary

   Synonyms: inverso, opposto

2. antonym

   Antonym: sinonimo

Derived terms

• al contrario
• all'incontrario
• contrariamente
• contrariare
• contrarietà

Related terms

• contra-
• contro
• contro-

Further reading

• contrario in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• contrario in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• contrario in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• contràrio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “contràrio”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• rincorato, ritorcano

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔnˈtraː.ri.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈtraː.ri.o]

Adjective

contrāriō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of contrārius

References

• “contrario”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contrario”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

contrario

1. first-person singular present indicative of contrariar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin contrārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtɾaɾjo/ [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾa.ɾjo]

• Audio (Latin America):

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• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧rio

Adjective

contrario (feminine contraria, masculine plural contrarios, feminine plural contrarias)

1. contrary, opposite
2. opposed, against

Derived terms

• al contrario
• de lo contrario
• en contrario
• en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj
• llevar la contraria
• por el contrario
• todo lo contrario

Related terms

• contrariar

Further reading

• “contrario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• contrario, contraria | Diccionario del estudiante | RAE