contra- significado em Inglês
| Português | Inglês |
|---|---|
| contraditório adjective {m} | contradictory(that contradicts something) |
| contradizer verb | contradict [contradicted, contradicting, contradicts](deny the truth of (a statement or statements)) gainsay [gainsaid, gainsaid, gainsaying, gainsays](to contradict something said) |
| contraespionagem noun {f} | counterespionage(activities to prevent spying) |
| contrafação noun {f} | counterfeit [counterfeits](fake) |
| contrafagote noun {m} | contrabassoonnoun |
| contrafase noun {f} | antiphase(a difference in phase (of two waves) of 180°) |
| contrafatual adjective | counterfactual(contrary to the facts) |
| contrafazer verb | counterfeit [counterfeited, counterfeiting, counterfeits](To produce something that appears to be official or valid) |
| contraforte noun {m} | buttress [buttresses](brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it) |
| contragolpe noun {m} | counterblow(blow delivered in reply to another) countercoupnoun counterpunch(punch delivered in response to a previous punch by somebody else) |
| contraindicar verb | contraindicate [contraindicated, contraindicating, contraindicates](to make inadvisable) |
| contrainteligência noun {f} | counterespionage(activities to prevent spying) |
| contraintuitivo adjective | counterintuitive(contrary to intuition or common sense) |
| contrair verb | collapse [collapsed, collapsing, collapses](to fold compactly) contract [contracted, contracting, contracts](gain or acquire (an illness)) push [pushed, pushing, pushes](intransitive: to tense the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents) shrink [shrank, shrunk(en), shrinking, shrinks](intransitive: to contract, to become smaller) |
| contrair-se verb | contract [contracted, contracting, contracts](intransitive: draw together; shorten; lessen) |
| contralto noun {m} | alto [altos](musical part) |
| contramedida noun {f} | countermeasure [countermeasures](action) |
| contramestre noun {m} | boatswain [boatswains](officer of a sailing ship) |
| contranatura adjective | unnatural(not natural) |
| contranatural adjective | unnatural(not natural) |
| contraparte noun | trade-off(situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased) |
| contrapartida noun {f} | offset [offsets](compensating equivalent) |
| contrapedalar verb | backpedal [backpedalled, backpedalling, backpedals](to pedal backwards on a bicycle) |
| contrapesar verb | counterbalance(to apply weight in order to balance) |
| contrapeso noun {m} | counterbalance [counterbalances](weight balancing an opposite one) counterweight [counterweights](heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something) |
| contrapiso noun {m} | screed [screeds](smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material) |
| contraponto noun {m} | counterpoint [counterpoints]((music) a melody added to an existing one) |
| contraprestação noun {f} | consideration [considerations](recompense for something done) |
| contraprodutivo adjective | counterproductive(more of a hindrance than a help) |
| contrariamente adverb | contrarily(in a contrary manner) |
| contrariar verb | thwart [thwarted, thwarting, thwarts](to prevent; to halt; to cause failure) |
| contrariedade noun {f} | setback [setbacks](adverse event, obstacle) |
| contrário adjective | abhorrent(contrary or discordant) |
