contraer
Meaning
- to contract, to get, to catch, to develop (e.g. a disease, illness or infection)
- to incur, to get in, to get into (debt)
- to enter into, to undertake (e.g. an agreement, a commitment, a marriage, an engagement, obligations)
Concepts
Synonyms
retirar contrayendo
contagiarse de
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
con‧tra‧er
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kontɾaˈeɾ/
Etymology
In summary
From Latin contrahere. Cognate with English contract.
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