contrahir
Portuguese, verb
contrahir is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-H-I-R (9 letters). Contrahir is a Portuguese verb meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of contrair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide contrair”.
What does contrahir mean in English?
verb
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of contrair
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. vide contrair
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 contrahir
- contraio first-person present singular
- contrahi first-person preterite singular
- contrahido participle past
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).