# centrar vs contra

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### centrar
*verb · IPA /sẽ.ˈtɾaɾ/ · frequency rank #34,190*
buscar o centro, levar ao centro, centralizar, focar

### contra
*preposition · IPA /ˈkõ.tɾɐ/ · frequency rank #160*
em oposição a

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/centrar-vs-contra