contradança
Portuguese, noun/kõ.tɾaˈdɐ̃.sɐ/
contradança is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-D-A-N-Ç-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese, the 174,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contradança is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “contra dance, quadrille” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of contradançar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dança, quadrilha”.
What does contradança mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontra dance, quadrille
- 2
femininesuccessive changes; back and forth
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dança, quadrilha
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of contradança
- contradanças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contradança?
- Brazil /kõ.tɾaˈdɐ̃.sɐ/
- Portugal /kõ.tɾɐˈdɐ̃.sɐ/
- Portugal [kõ.tɾɐˈðɐ̃.sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contradança in Portuguese?
contradança appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).