contra

(Inglese)

Opposto di
a favor de, pro
Frequenza

A1
Con il trattino come
con‧tra
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈkontɾa/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Inherited from Latin contrā. Old Spanish had cuentra as well, with diphthongization of stressed Latin /ŏ/. As the word was generally atonic, the unstressed variant contra prevailed over time.

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