contralateral
Spanish, adjective/ˌkontɾalateˈɾal/
contralateral is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-L-A-T-E-R-A-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 130,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contralateral is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “contralateral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Del lado opuesto del cuerpo o relativo a la otra mitad”.
What does contralateral mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecontralateral
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Del lado opuesto del cuerpo o relativo a la otra mitad.
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 contralateral
- contralaterales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contralateral?
- /ˌkontɾalateˈɾal/
- [ˌkõn̪.t̪ɾa.la.t̪eˈɾal]
- [kõn̪t̪ɾalat̪eˈɾal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contralateral in Spanish?
contralateral appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).