contrair

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contrahere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾaˈi(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾaˈi(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾaˈi(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾaˈi(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾaˈi(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾaˈi(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈiɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈi.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: con‧tra‧ir

Verb

contrair (first-person singular present contraio, first-person singular preterite contraí, past participle contraído)

  1. (takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive) to contract (to draw together; to become shorter or narrower)
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive) to contract (to cause to contract)
  3. (grammar, intransitive) to contract (to become shorter by omitting some phonemes)
  4. (transitive) to contract (to acquire an illness)
  5. (transitive) to acquire (to come to have)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of contrair (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal contrair
Personal contrair contraíres contrair contrairmos contrairdes contraírem
Gerund
contraindo
Past participle
Masculine contraído contraídos
Feminine contraída contraídas
Indicative
Present contraio contrais contrai contraímos contraís contraem
Imperfect contraía contraías contraía contraíamos contraíeis contraíam
Preterite contraí contraíste contraiu contraímos contraístes contraíram
Pluperfect contraíra contraíras contraíra contraíramos contraíreis contraíram
Future contrairei contrairás contrairá contrairemos contraireis contrairão
Conditional contrairia contrairias contrairia contrairíamos contrairíeis contrairiam
Subjunctive
Present contraia contraias contraia contraiamos contraiais contraiam
Imperfect contraísse contraísses contraísse contraíssemos contraísseis contraíssem
Future contrair contraíres contrair contrairmos contrairdes contraírem
Imperative
Affirmative contrai contraia contraiamos contraí contraiam
Negative (não) não contraias não contraia não contraiamos não contraiais não contraiam

Derived terms
  • descontrair

Scots

Preposition

contrair

  1. against; in opposition to
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