# contra

> Portuguese word · Preposition · IPA /ˈkõ.tɾɐ/ · frequency rank #160

## Definitions
1. em oposição a
2. em troca de
3. em direção a
4. defronte de
5. junto de
6. de encontro

## Easily confused with
- **cota** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/contra-vs-cota)
- **costa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/contra-vs-costa)
- **corta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/contra-vs-corta)
- **copta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/contra-vs-copta)
- **contre** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/contra-vs-contre)
- **country** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/contra-vs-country)
- **costura** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/contra-vs-costura)
- **contrato** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/contra-vs-contrato)
- **contrair** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/contra-vs-contrair)
- **cona** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cona-vs-contra)
- **conta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/conta-vs-contra)
- **conto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/conto-vs-contra)
- **cinta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cinta-vs-contra)
- **conor** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/conor-vs-contra)
- **conca** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/conca-vs-contra)
- **centro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/centro-vs-contra)
- **contar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/contar-vs-contra)
- **compra** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/compra-vs-contra)
- **conter** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/conter-vs-contra)
- **confia** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/confia-vs-contra)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccontra`, `cnotra`, `conntra`, `conrta`, `contrra`, `conttra`, `cotnra`, `ocntra`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/contra