contradança
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From English country dance, through French contredanse.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾaˈdɐ̃.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾaˈdɐ̃.sa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈdɐ̃.sɐ/ [kõ.tɾɐˈðɐ̃.sɐ]
- Hyphenation: con‧tra‧dan‧ça
Noun
contradança f (plural contradanças)
- contra dance, quadrille
- (figuratively) successive changes; back and forth
Derived terms
verbs
Further reading
- “contradança”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “contradança”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Etymology 2
Verb
contradança
- inflection of contradançar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative