contraposición
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contrapositiō. By surface analysis, contra- + posición.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkontɾaposiˈθjon/ [ˌkõn̪.t̪ɾa.po.siˈθjõn] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˌkontɾaposiˈsjon/ [ˌkõn̪.t̪ɾa.po.siˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: con‧tra‧po‧si‧ción
Noun
contraposición f (plural contraposiciones)
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “contraposición”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024