contra

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Preposition

 * 1) against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to

Synonyms

 * against, anti

Antonyms

 * for, pro

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * German:, im Gegensatz zu, , anti,
 * Latin:
 * Old English: aġēn
 * Polish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kontra

Adverb

 * 1) contrary to something

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:contrarily

Translations

 * Arabic: عَلَى اَلْعَكْس, عَلَى اَلنَّقِيض مِن, ضِد
 * Egyptian Arabic: عكس, ضد
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * German:, im Gegensatz zu, , , gegengesetzt,
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: ,

Noun

 * 1)  A deal to swap goods or services.
 * 2)  A conservative;.
 * 3)  An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
 * 4)  Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
 * 5)  A contra dance.
 * 6)  A country dance.
 * 1)  Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
 * 2)  A contra dance.
 * 3)  A country dance.

Translations

 * Dutch: contrarekening
 * Finnish:, vastatili , vastakirjaus
 * German:, Gegenbuchung, Gegenposition, Gegenrechnung, Kreditseite
 * Polish: konto wykluczające inne konto


 * German: Contra Tanz, Kontratanz

Verb

 * 1)  To undo; to reverse.

Translations

 * German: zurückbuchen, ristornieren,

Etymology
From.

Preposition

 * 1) alongside, beside, next to
 * 2) forward, in front
 * 3) against (reduced)
 * 1) against (reduced)
 * 1) against (reduced)

Interjection

 * 1) interjection of exclamation or anger

Etymology
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Adverb

 * 1) against

Noun

 * 1) con

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) against

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) Contra anti-Sandinista fighter

Etymology
From.

Preposition

 * 1) against

Noun

 * 1)  shutter

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology
From.

Preposition

 * 1) against

Etymology
From, ablative singular feminine of. The ablative singular masculine/neuter of the same is continued in 🇨🇬, cognate to 🇨🇬. Ultimately from, from 🇰🇲; thus, a , comparable to the relation between and , and   and , but unlike these lacking external cognates, and therefore of Italic origin.

The change from instrumental/ablative to accusative is caused by used adverbially.

Adverb

 * 1) against
 * 2) opposite to
 * 3) contrary to
 * 4) otherwise
 * 5) in return, back

Preposition

 * 1) against
 * 2) across from, opposite

Descendants

 * Balkan Romance:
 * Dalmatian:
 * Italo-Romance:
 * Padanian:
 * Northern Gallo-Romance:
 * Southern Gallo-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Insular Romance:
 * Borrowings:
 * Northern Gallo-Romance:
 * Southern Gallo-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Insular Romance:
 * Borrowings:
 * Southern Gallo-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Insular Romance:
 * Borrowings:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Insular Romance:
 * Borrowings:
 * Insular Romance:
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 * Insular Romance:
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Etymology
From.

Preposition

 * 1) against

Etymology
From.

Preposition

 * 1) against

Etymology
,, . Doublet of the inherited.

Preposition

 * 1) against, versus

Adverb

 * 1) against, opposed to, opposite
 * 2) in exchange for

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

Preposition

 * 1) against, versus

Noun

 * 1) con disadvantage

Noun

 * 1) antidote
 * 2) counterpunch
 * 3) counterattack
 * 4) Contra

Adverb

 * 1) opposite, facing