Significado
to oppose, to counter
- to counter, to oppose, to resist
- to clash, to conflict with
Em uma frase
Questa crema aiuta a contrastare la pelle secca.
This cream helps fight dry skin.
Perché mi contrasti sempre quando parlo?
Why do you always argue with me when I speak?
Non siamo riusciti a contrastare il vento forte.
We couldn't fight against the strong wind.
Formas da palavra (48)
| Palavra | Formas da palavra |
|---|---|
| contrastare | infinitive |
| contrastiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| contrasto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| contrastate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| contrasti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| contrastano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| contrasta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| contrastavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| contrastavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| contrastavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| contrastavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| contrastavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| contrastava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| contrastammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| contrastai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| contrastaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| contrastasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| contrastarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| contrastò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| contrasteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| contrasterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| contrasterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| contrasterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| contrasteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| contrasterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| contrastiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| contrasti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| contrastiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| contrasti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| contrastino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| contrasti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| contrastassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| contrastassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| contrastaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| contrastassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| contrastassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| contrastasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| contrasteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| contrasterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| contrastereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| contrasteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| contrasterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| contrasterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| contrastiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| contrastate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| contrasta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| contrastando | gerund |
| contrastato | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- Use contrastare for active resistance or counteraction; opporsi is often more formal/political, while impedire focuses on preventing an action from happening.
- Very common in public, legal, and news language: contrastare la criminalità, contrastare il cambiamento climatico.
- For personal arguments, litigare is much more common. Contrastare for quarrelling sounds literary or old-fashioned in everyday speech.