Spanisch | Englisch |
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contra- adjective | anti-(against, hostile to) counter-(in opposition to) |
contra el reloj preposition | against the clock(in a time-restricted manner) |
contra la persona adjective | in personam(law) |
contra las cuerdas adjective | on the ropes(leaning against the ropes of the boxing ring, as when exhausted and nearing defeat or collapse) |
contra natura adjective | unnatural(not natural) |
contra reloj preposition | against the clock(in a time-restricted manner) |
contra reloj noun {f} | time trial(race in cycling) |
contra todo pronóstico preposition | against all odds(despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) |
contra viento y marea preposition | against all odds(despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) |
contra preposition | against(in a contrary direction to) versus(in opposition to) |
contra noun | con [cons](disadvantage of something) |
contra adverb | counter(contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction) |
contraalmirante noun {m} {f} | rear admiral(naval officer below the rank of vice admiral) |
contraargumento noun {m} | counterargument [counterarguments](an argument that is opposed to another argument) |
contraatacar verb | counter [countered, countering, counters](boxing: to return a blow while receiving one) counter-attack(to attack in response to an attack by opponents) fight back(to counterattack; to resist an attack) |
contraataque noun {m} | counter-attack(an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents) |
contrabajo noun | contrabass(part or section one octave lower than bass) |
contrabajo noun {m} | double bass(largest instrument of violin family) |
contrabalancear verb | counterbalance(to apply weight in order to balance) |
contrabalanza noun {f} | counterbalance [counterbalances](weight balancing an opposite one) |
contrabandear verb | smuggle [smuggled, smuggling, smuggles](to import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties) |
contrabandista noun {m} {f} | bootlegger(illegal trader) |
contrabandista noun {m} | smuggler [smugglers](One who smuggles things) |
contrabando noun {m} | contraband(goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods) smuggling(an act of something being smuggled) |
contrabarra noun {f} | backslash(punctuation mark) |
contracción noun {f} | contraction [contractions](reversible reduction in size) portmanteau word(word which combines the meaning of two words) |
contraceptivo adjective | contraceptive(that acts to prevent conception) |
contraceptivo noun {m} | contraceptive [contraceptives](means by which impregnating a woman can be prevented) |
contrachapado adjective | laminated(consisting of many thin layers) |
contrachapado noun {m} | plywood [plywoods](construction material) veneer [veneers](thin covering of fine wood) |
contracorriente noun {f} | countercurrent [countercurrents](Current that flows against the prevailing one) eddy [eddies](air or water running in an opposite direction to the main current) undercurrent [undercurrents](current of water which flows under the surface) |