contrato

See also: contrató

Galician

Alternative forms

• contracto, contrauto (archaic)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin contractus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [konˈtɾatʊ]

Noun

contrato m (plural contratos)

1. contract

Related terms

• contratar
• contratista

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “contrato”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “contrato”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “contrato”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “contrato”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Participle

contrato (feminine contrata, masculine plural contrati, feminine plural contrate)

1. past participle of contrare

Anagrams

• attronco, contorta, troncato

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈtɾa.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈtɾa.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈtɾa.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈtɾa.tu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: con‧tra‧to

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin contractus.

Alternative forms

• contracto (pre-standardization spelling)

Noun

contrato m (plural contratos)

1. contract

Derived terms

• contratar
• contratual

Related terms

• contração
• contrair

Etymology 2

Adjective

contrato (feminine contrata, masculine plural contratos, feminine plural contratas)

1. (Brazil) alternative form of contracto.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

contrato

1. first-person singular present indicative of contratar

Further reading

• “contrato”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “contrato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “contrato”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “contrato”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtɾato/ [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾa.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin contractus. Cognate with English contract.

Alternative forms

• contracto (archaic)

Noun

contrato m (plural contratos)

1. contract, agreement

Derived terms

• contrato de alquiler
• contrato de arras
• contrato de arrendamiento
• contrato de comisión mercantil
• contrato de compraventa
• contrato de cuenta corriente
• contrato de depósito irregular
• contrato de donación
• contrato de fianza
• contrato de futuros
• incumplimiento de contrato

Related terms

• contracción
• contraer
• contratar
• contratista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

contrato

1. first-person singular present indicative of contratar

Further reading

• “contrato”, 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