contrarrestar
Spanish, verb/kontɾaresˈtaɾ/
contrarrestar is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-R-R-E-S-T-A-R (13 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,318th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrarrestar is a Spanish verb meaning “to counteract, counter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “hacer frente u oponer resistencia a algo”.
What does contrarrestar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to counteract, counter
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. hacer frente u oponer resistencia a algo 2. Disminuir el efecto o la importancia de una cosa a través de una acción contraria
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 contrarrestar
- contrarresto first-person present singular
- contrarresté first-person preterite singular
- contrarrestado participle past
- contrarrestando gerund
- contrarrestada feminine participle past
- contrarrestados masculine participle past
- contrarrestadas feminine participle past
- contrarrestas indicative informal present
- contrarrestás indicative informal present
- contrarresta indicative present singular
- contrarrestamos first-person indicative plural
- contrarrestáis indicative plural present
- contrarrestan indicative plural present
- contrarrestaba first-person imperfect indicative
- contrarrestabas imperfect indicative second-person
- contrarrestábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- contrarrestabais imperfect indicative plural
- contrarrestaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contrarrestar?
- /kontɾaresˈtaɾ/
- [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.resˈt̪aɾ]
- [kõn̪t̪ɾaresˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contrarrestar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contrarrestar in Spanish?
contrarrestar appears 4.8 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).