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contrariare

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See also: contrariaré

Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin contrāriāre. By surface analysis, contrario (contrary)-are.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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contrariàre (first-person singular present contràrio, first-person singular past historic contrariài, past participle contrariàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to oppose
  2. (transitive) to thwart (a plan)
  3. (transitive) to annoy, bother, irritate, disgruntle
  4. (intransitive, rare, literary) to be in opposition, to contrast [auxiliary avere]
  5. (intransitive, rare, literary) to oppose [with a] [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

Anagrams

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kontɾaˈɾjaɾe/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾaˈɾja.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -aɾe
  • Syllabification: con‧tra‧ria‧re

Verb

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contrariare

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