contrastare

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See also: contrastaré

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin contrāstāre (to oppose), derived from Classical Latin contrā (against) +‎ stō (to stand).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kon.traˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: con‧tra‧stà‧re

Verb[edit]

contrastàre (first-person singular present contràsto, first-person singular past historic contrastài, past participle contrastàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (archaic, transitive with a) to oppose, to impede, to hinder
  2. (intransitive, or transitive with con) to quarrel, to argue, to fight
  3. (figurative, intransitive, or transitive with con) to disagree, to clash
  4. (intransitive) to fight [+ con (someone) = with]
  5. (transitive) to oppose, to impede, to hinder

Conjugation[edit]

Including lesser-used forms:

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • contrastare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From contrasta +‎ -re.

Noun[edit]

contrastare f (plural contrastări)

  1. contrasting

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • contrastare in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

contrastare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of contrastar