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contradito

Portuguese, adjective/kõ.tɾaˈd͡ʒi.tu/

contradito is a Portuguese adjective meaning “contradicted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of contradizer. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se contradisse, desdito”.

What does contradito mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    contradicted

  2. 2

    contested

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of contradizer

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que se contradisse, desdito

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 contradito

  • contradita feminine
  • contraditos masculine plural
  • contraditas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce contradito?

  • Brazil /kõ.tɾaˈd͡ʒi.tu/
  • Portugal /kõ.tɾɐˈdi.tu/
  • Portugal [kõ.tɾɐˈði.tu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is contradito in Portuguese?

contradito appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).