contrarre
Meaning
- (transitive) to contract, to tense (muscles, nerves, the mouth, etc.)
- (transitive) to contract, to come down with, to get (a disease)
- (transitive) to pick up (a bad habit, a vice, etc.)
- (transitive) to enter into, to conclude (a pact, a marriage, etc.)
- (intransitive) to contract (to enter into a contract or covenant)
Concepts
Synonyms
contagiarsi
rattrapire
ritirare contraendo
stilare un accordo
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
con‧tràr‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/konˈtrar.re/
Etymology
From Latin contrahere.
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