contra

Sentences
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Se   jugó   una   sola   rueda
🛞
   de   todos   contra   todos .

A single wheel of all was played against all.

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Nunca más   tuvo   que   afrontar   una   revuelta   contra   El   Cairo
Cairo
 .

He never again had to face a revolt against Cairo.

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An user
La   rebelión   contra   Enrique   se   desvaneció   pronto .

The rebellion against Henry soon faded.

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An user
En   Durango   se   usa   contra   el   dolor   de espalda .

In Durango it is used against back pain.

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An user
Jugó   dos
2
   partidos   contra   el  Manchester United  y   Pachuca .

He played both games against Pachuca and Manchester United.

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El  Wang Xin  apeló   los   cargos   en   su   contra ,  pero   la   apelación   fue   rechazada .

Wang Xin appealed the charges against him, but the appeal was rejected.

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Meaning

Concepts

against
versus
opposite
contrary to
con

in exchange for

in front of

opposite to

rebel
to
unto
with

see en contra

see los pros y los contras

see opinar en contra

against

squared vs

across from

squared vs

contra
counter
facing
hebetude
Opposite of
a favor de, pro
Synonyms

en vez de
en
A1
contrario
B1
de
frente
A2
frente a frente
versus
24k
en contra de
más que
rebelarse
35k
amuleto
C2

cuadrado versus

antídoto
C1
Translations

contro
contre
gegen
contra
tegen
wider
contra
an
🔛
contra
gegenüber
in
contrairement à
inconvénient
Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
con‧tra
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkontɾa/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin
contrā
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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