contrastar
Portuguese, verb/kõ.tɾasˈta(ʁ)/
contrastar is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-S-T-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,059th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrastar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to contrast (set in opposition in order to show the difference between)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lutar contra”.
What does contrastar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to contrast (set in opposition in order to show the difference between)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. lutar contra 2. resistir a 3. ser o contraste de 4. opor-se a; contrariar
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 contrastar
- contrasto first-person present singular
- contrastei first-person preterite singular
- contrastado participle past
- contrastares infinitive second-person singular
- contrastarmos first-person infinitive plural
- contrastardes infinitive plural second-person
- contrastarem infinitive plural third-person
- contrastando gerund
- contrastados masculine participle past
- contrastada feminine participle past
- contrastadas feminine participle past
- contrastas indicative present second-person
- contrasta indicative present singular
- contrastamos first-person indicative plural
- contrastais indicative plural present
- contrastam indicative plural present
- contrastava first-person imperfect indicative
- contrastavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contrastar?
- Brazil /kõ.tɾasˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kõ.tɾasˈta(h)]
- /kõ.tɾasˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contrastar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contrastar in Portuguese?
contrastar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).