contrario
Italian
Alternative forms
- contrado, contradio, contraro
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contrārius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈtra.rjo/
- Rhymes: -arjo
- Hyphenation: con‧trà‧rio
Adjective
contrario (feminine contraria, masculine plural contrari, feminine plural contrarie, superlative contrarissimo)
- contrary, opposite, alien
- Synonym: opposto
- Antonym: favorevole
- unfavourable/unfavorable, adverse
- Synonyms: avverso, sfavorevole
- Antonyms: favorevole, consenziente
- unwilling, reluctant
- Synonym: riluttante
- Antonyms: consenziente, desideroso
- opposed, against
- Antonyms: favorevole, consenziente
Noun
contrario m (plural contrari)
Further reading
- contrario in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- contrario in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- contrario in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- contràrio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- contràrio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈtraː.ri.oː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪räːrioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈtra.ri.o/, [kon̪ˈt̪räːrio]
References
- “contrario”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contrario in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin contrārius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈtɾaɾjo/ [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾa.ɾjo]
- (Latin America)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aɾjo
- Syllabification: con‧tra‧rio
Adjective
contrario (feminine contraria, masculine plural contrarios, feminine plural contrarias)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “contrario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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