contraste

See also: contrasté

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁast/
• Rhymes: -ast

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Noun

contraste m (plural contrastes)

1. contrast

Descendants

• → Dutch: contrast
• → Polish: kontrast

Verb

contraste

1. inflection of contraster:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “contraste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• constater, contrâtes, corsetant, escortant

Italian

Verb

contraste

1. inflection of contrare:
   1. second-person plural past historic
   2. second-person plural imperfect subjunctive

Anagrams

• crostante, narcotest, scentrato, scontrate, scortante, stroncate, troncaste

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈtɾas.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈtɾas.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõˈtɾaʃ.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈtɾaʃ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: con‧tras‧te

Etymology 1

Noun

contraste m (plural contrastes)

1. contrast

Etymology 2

Verb

contraste

1. inflection of contrastar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “contraste”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “contraste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtɾaste/ [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾas.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -aste
• Syllabification: con‧tras‧te

Etymology 1

Deverbal from contrastar.

Noun

contraste m (plural contrastes)

1. contrast
2. assay
3. hallmark (from an assay office)
4. assayer

Etymology 2

Verb

contraste

1. inflection of contrastar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “contraste”, 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