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contraddire

to contradict

verb kon-trahd-DEE-reh Rare
Communication Speech

Origin: Latin contradicere, to speak against

Usage Note

Contraddire is an irregular compound of dire (to say) and follows dire's conjugation pattern: contraddico, contraddici, contraddice. The past participle is contraddetto. It takes avere as auxiliary. The reflexive contraddirsi means 'to contradict oneself'. A related noun is contraddizione (contradiction).

Examples

"Non mi piace quando qualcuno mi contraddice sempre."

Natural Translation

I don't like it when someone always contradicts me.

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