contrariar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾa.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾa.ɾɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tɾaˈɾja(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾaˈɾja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾa.ɾiˈa(ɾ)/ [kõ.tɾa.ɾɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tɾaˈɾja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾa.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾa.ɾɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tɾaˈɾja(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾaˈɾja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾa.ɾiˈa(ɻ)/ [kõ.tɾa.ɾɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tɾaˈɾja(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈɾjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈɾja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: con‧tra‧ri‧ar
Verb
contrariar (first-person singular present contrario, first-person singular preterite contrariei, past participle contrariado)
- (transitive) to counter
- (transitive) to counteract
- (transitive) to contradict
- (transitive) to thwart, frustrate
Conjugation
Conjugation of contrariar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “contrariar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “contrariar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “contrariar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “contrariar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “contrariar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “contrariar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kontɾaˈɾjaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾaˈɾjaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: con‧tra‧riar
Verb
contrariar (first-person singular present contrarío, first-person singular preterite contrarié, past participle contrariado)
- (transitive) (clarification of this definition is needed) to oppose
- (transitive) to thwart
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 68:
- Si los padres del niño llegan a descubrir su paradero, los Brujos le lanzan una rociada y el Imbunche muere, quedando su cadáver en el mismo sitio, a fin de que los deudos lo recojan y se convenzan, ellos y los que lo sepan, de que es peligroso contrariar la voluntad de los Brujos.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to annoy; to antagonize
Conjugation
Conjugation of contrariar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of contrariar (i-í alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive contrariar | dative | contrariarme | contrariarte | contrariarle, contrariarse | contrariarnos | contrariaros | contrariarles, contrariarse |
| accusative | contrariarme | contrariarte | contrariarlo, contrariarla, contrariarse | contrariarnos | contrariaros | contrariarlos, contrariarlas, contrariarse | |
| with gerund contrariando | dative | contrariándome | contrariándote | contrariándole, contrariándose | contrariándonos | contrariándoos | contrariándoles, contrariándose |
| accusative | contrariándome | contrariándote | contrariándolo, contrariándola, contrariándose | contrariándonos | contrariándoos | contrariándolos, contrariándolas, contrariándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative contraría | dative | contraríame | contraríate | contraríale | contraríanos | not used | contraríales |
| accusative | contraríame | contraríate | contraríalo, contraríala | contraríanos | not used | contraríalos, contraríalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative contrariá | dative | contrariame | contrariate | contrariale | contrarianos | not used | contrariales |
| accusative | contrariame | contrariate | contrarialo, contrariala | contrarianos | not used | contrarialos, contrarialas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative contraríe | dative | contraríeme | not used | contraríele, contraríese | contraríenos | not used | contraríeles |
| accusative | contraríeme | not used | contraríelo, contraríela, contraríese | contraríenos | not used | contraríelos, contraríelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative contrariemos | dative | not used | contrariémoste | contrariémosle | contrariémonos | contrariémoos | contrariémosles |
| accusative | not used | contrariémoste | contrariémoslo, contrariémosla | contrariémonos | contrariémoos | contrariémoslos, contrariémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative contrariad | dative | contrariadme | not used | contrariadle | contrariadnos | contrariaos | contrariadles |
| accusative | contrariadme | not used | contrariadlo, contrariadla | contrariadnos | contrariaos | contrariadlos, contrariadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative contraríen | dative | contraríenme | not used | contraríenle | contraríennos | not used | contraríenles, contraríense |
| accusative | contraríenme | not used | contraríenlo, contraríenla | contraríennos | not used | contraríenlos, contraríenlas, contraríense | |
Further reading
- “contrariar”, 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