a la contra
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a la ˈkontɾa/ [a la ˈkõn̪.t̪ɾa]
- Syllabification: a la con‧tra
Adverb
- against the grain
- (sports) on the counterattack
Further reading
- “a la contra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025