contradecir
Spanish, verb/kontɾadeˈθiɾ/
contradecir is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-D-E-C-I-R (11 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,236th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contradecir is a Spanish verb meaning “to contradict, to belie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Decir lo opuesto o contrario a otra cosa o idea antes declarada”.
What does contradecir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to contradict, to belie
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Decir lo opuesto o contrario a otra cosa o idea antes declarada. 2. Negar la verdad de una declaración previa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of contradecir
- contradigo first-person present singular
- contradije first-person preterite singular
- contradicho participle past
- e-i alternation
- contradiciendo gerund
- contradicha feminine participle past
- contradichos masculine participle past
- contradichas feminine participle past
- contradices indicative informal present
- contradecís indicative informal present
- contradice indicative present singular
- contradecimos first-person indicative plural
- contradicen indicative plural present
- contradecía first-person imperfect indicative
- contradecías imperfect indicative second-person
- contradecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- contradecíais imperfect indicative plural
- contradecían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contradecir?
- /kontɾadeˈθiɾ/
- [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.ð̞eˈθiɾ]
- /kontɾadeˈsiɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contradecir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contradecir in Spanish?
contradecir appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).