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contraer

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin contrahere. Cognate with English contract.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kontɾaˈeɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾaˈeɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧tra‧er

Verb

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contraer (first-person singular present contraigo, first-person singular preterite contraje, past participle contraído)

  1. to contract, to get, to catch, to develop (e.g. a disease, illness or infection)
  2. to incur, to get in, to get into (debt)
  3. to enter into, to undertake (e.g. an agreement, a commitment, a marriage, an engagement, obligations)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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