contrattaccare

to counterattack

verb kon-traht-tahk-KAH-reh Rare

Usage Note

Contrattaccare is used in both military and figurative contexts — a team can contrattaccare in football, or a politician can contrattaccare with a sharp reply. It follows regular first-conjugation (-are) patterns. The noun counterpart is contrattacco (m).

Examples

"La squadra ha contrattaccato nel secondo tempo."

Natural Translation

The team counterattacked in the second half.

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