contracto
Portuguese, noun/kõˈtɾak.tu/
contracto is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,014th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contracto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of contrato” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of contractar.
What does contracto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
contracted (made smaller by contraction)
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of contrato
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of contractar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of contracto
- contracta feminine
- contractos masculine plural
- contractas feminine plural
- contrato alternative Brazil
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contracto?
- Brazil /kõˈtɾak.tu/
- Portugal /kõˈtɾak.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contracto in Portuguese?
contracto appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).