contrair

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• contrahir (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin contrahere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈi(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾaˈi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈi(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾaˈi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈi(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾaˈi(χ)]
  • (Porto Alegre) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈi.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: con‧tra‧ir

Verb

contrair (first-person singular present contraio, first-person singular preterite contraí, past participle contraído)

1. (pronominal, intransitive) to contract (to draw together; to become shorter or narrower)
2. (pronominal, transitive) to contract (to cause to contract)
3. (grammar, intransitive) to contract (to become shorter by omitting some phonemes)
4. (transitive) to contract (to acquire an illness)
5. (transitive) to acquire (to come to have)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contrair (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	contrair
Personal	contrair	contraíres	contrair	contrairmos	contrairdes	contraírem
Gerund
	contraindo
Past participle
Masculine	contraído			contraídos
Feminine	contraída			contraídas
Indicative
Present	contraio	contrais	contrai	contraímos	contraís	contraem
Imperfect	contraía	contraías	contraía	contraíamos	contraíeis	contraíam
Preterite	contraí	contraíste	contraiu	contraímos	contraístes	contraíram
Pluperfect	contraíra	contraíras	contraíra	contraíramos	contraíreis	contraíram
Future	contrairei	contrairás	contrairá	contrairemos	contraireis	contrairão
Conditional	contrairia	contrairias	contrairia	contrairíamos	contrairíeis	contrairiam
Subjunctive
Present	contraia	contraias	contraia	contraiamos	contraiais	contraiam
Imperfect	contraísse	contraísses	contraísse	contraíssemos	contraísseis	contraíssem
Future	contrair	contraíres	contrair	contrairmos	contrairdes	contraírem
Imperative
Affirmative		contrai	contraia	contraiamos	contraí	contraiam
Negative (não)		não contraias	não contraia	não contraiamos	não contraiais	não contraiam

Derived terms

• descontrair

Related terms

• contração
• contrato
• trazer

Scots

Preposition

contrair

1. against; in opposition to