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)
- (transitive, bridge) to double
- (transitive, boxing) to counter
- (transitive, soccer) to counter-attack
- (transitive, soccer) to block
Conjugation
Conjugation of contràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading
- contrare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana