contrasto

See also: contrastó and contrastò

Catalan

Verb

contrasto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of contrastar

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /konˈtra.sto/
  • Rhymes: -asto
  • Hyphenation: con‧trà‧sto

Etymology 1

Deverbal from contrastare +‎ -o.

Noun

contrasto m (plural contrasti)

  1. obstacle, hindrance
    Synonyms: impedimento, ostacolo
  2. quarrel, argument, dispute
    Synonyms: contesa, discordia, litigio
  3. (obsolete) (armed) fight
    Synonym: scontro
  4. (military) conflict
    Synonym: scontro
  5. (soccer) tackle
  6. clash, contrast, disagreement
    Synonyms: conflitto, disaccordo, opposizione
  7. contrast, contraposition
  8. (literature) a work centered around a contrast between two opposing concepts
  9. (photography) contrast
Derived terms

Further reading
  • contrasto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

contrasto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of contrastare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

contrā (“against”) +‎ stō (“I stand”)

Pronunciation

Verb

contrāstō (present infinitive contrāstāre, perfect active contrāstāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive, Late Latin) to oppose
    Synonym: oppōnō

Conjugation
   Conjugation of contrāstō (first conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present contrāstō contrāstās contrāstat contrāstāmus contrāstātis contrāstant
imperfect contrāstābam contrāstābās contrāstābat contrāstābāmus contrāstābātis contrāstābant
future contrāstābō contrāstābis contrāstābit contrāstābimus contrāstābitis contrāstābunt
perfect contrāstāvī contrāstāvistī contrāstāvit contrāstāvimus contrāstāvistis contrāstāvērunt,
contrāstāvēre
pluperfect contrāstāveram contrāstāverās contrāstāverat contrāstāverāmus contrāstāverātis contrāstāverant
future perfect contrāstāverō contrāstāveris contrāstāverit contrāstāverimus contrāstāveritis contrāstāverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present contrāstem contrāstēs contrāstet contrāstēmus contrāstētis contrāstent
imperfect contrāstārem contrāstārēs contrāstāret contrāstārēmus contrāstārētis contrāstārent
perfect contrāstāverim contrāstāverīs contrāstāverit contrāstāverīmus contrāstāverītis contrāstāverint
pluperfect contrāstāvissem contrāstāvissēs contrāstāvisset contrāstāvissēmus contrāstāvissētis contrāstāvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — contrāstā — — contrāstāte —
future — contrāstātō contrāstātō — contrāstātōte contrāstantō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives contrāstāre contrāstāvisse — — — —
participles contrāstāns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
contrāstandī contrāstandō contrāstandum contrāstandō — —

Descendants
  • French: contrester (dialectal)
  • → Italian: contrastare
  • Spanish: contrastar

References
  • contrasto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

contrasto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of contrastar

Spanish

Verb

contrasto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of contrastar
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