Grammatical class

Verb

contrarier

to thwart

Details

Syllables

con-tra-rier

Phonetics

kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

7988

Freq. (movies)

9552

Freq. (news)

17189

Sentences

N'ose pas me contrarier!

Don't dare cross me!

A1

Je ne veux pas te contrarier.

I don't want to upset you.

A1

Elle le fait juste pour le contrarier.

She's doing it just to spite him.

A2

Je ne voulais simplement pas te contrarier.

I just didn't want to upset you.

B1

Ne faisons rien qui puisse contrarier Tom.

Let's not do anything that might upset Tom.

B2