kontra

kontra (plural kontras)

1. Synonym of bugarija
2. (music) A large instrument, similar to a viola but with three strings and a flat bridge, originating in the traditional music of Transylvania.
3. (music) The harmonic and rhythmic part of certain Hungarian folk music, as opposed to the melodic part.

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

• Kantor

From the Latin contra (“against”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkontrɒ]
• Hyphenation: kon‧tra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

kontra (plural kontrák)

1. (card games) double
2. (music) accompaniment in gypsy band
3. coaster brake
4. cons

   pró és kontra ― pros and cons

5. (sports) counter

kontra

1. versus

• kontra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Borrowed from Sicilian contra and/or Italian contra, both from Latin contra.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔn.tra/

kontra

1. against

• The personal forms may also be formed analytically by adding forms of ta', thus for example kontrija or kontra tiegħi (“against me”).

Borrowed from Latin contrā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔn.tra/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔntra
• Syllabification: kon‧tra

kontra f

1. counterblow, counterpunch
2. (sports) counter-attack

   Synonym: kontratak

3. (bridge) double

kontra

1. contra

   Synonyms: przeciw, przeciwko

• kontra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kontra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From the Latin contra (“against”).

• IPA^(key): /kôntra/

kȍntra (Cyrillic spelling ко̏нтра)

1. (dialectal-Dalmatia) against

   ništa kontra Splita ― nothing against Split

• protiv

From Latin contra.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔntra/

kontra (present kontrar, preterite kontrade, supine kontrat, imperative kontra)

1. to counter-attack

• kontring

• kontra-

• torkan

Borrowed from Spanish contra.

• Hyphenation: kon‧tra
• IPA^(key): /ˈkontɾa/, [ˈkon.tɾɐ]

• Audio

  (file)

kontra

1. against, anti-

   Synonym: laban sa

   Bakuna kontra tigdas

   Anti-measles vaccine