contrare

Italian

Etymology

From French contre + -are (1st-conjugation verbalizing suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈtra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: con‧trà‧re

Verb

contràre (first-person singular present còntro, first-person singular past historic contrài, past participle contràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, bridge) to double
  2. (transitive, boxing) to counter
  3. (transitive, soccer) to counter-attack
  4. (transitive, soccer) to block

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.