contrariando
Spanish, verb/kontɾaˈɾjando/
contrariando is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-R-I-A-N-D-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 112,257th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrariando is a Spanish verb meaning “gerund of contrariar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Gerundio de contrariar”.
What does contrariando mean in English?
verb
- 1
gerund of contrariar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Gerundio de contrariar.
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.
How do you pronounce contrariando?
- /kontɾaˈɾjando/
- [kõn̪.t̪ɾaˈɾjãn̪.d̪o]
- [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈɾjãn̪d̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contrariando in Spanish?
contrariando appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).