contraer înseamnă în Engleză

come down with▼(to show symptoms of an illness)
verb

contract [contracted, contracting, contracts]▼(intransitive: draw together; shorten; lessen)
verb
[UK: kən.ˈtrækt] [US: ˈkɑːn.ˌtrækt]It contracts with the cold. = Se contrae con el frío.

shrink [shrank, shrunk(en), shrinking, shrinks]▼(transitive: to cause something to shrink)
verb
[UK: ʃrɪŋk] [US: ˈʃrɪŋk]

shrink [shrank, shrunk(en), shrinking, shrinks]▼(intransitive: to contract, to become smaller)
verb
[UK: ʃrɪŋk] [US: ˈʃrɪŋk]

cringe [cringed, cringing, cringes]▼(to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)
verb
[UK: krɪndʒ] [US: ˈkrɪndʒ]