Grammatical class

Verb

contredire

(transitive) to contradict

Details

Syllables

con-tre-di-re

Phonetics

kɔ̃.tʁə.diʁ

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

11740

Freq. (movies)

8915

Freq. (news)

16902

Sentences

Tu n'es pas en train de te contredire ?

Aren't you contradicting yourself?

A1

Je n'ose pas le contredire.

I don't dare to contradict him.

A2

Personne n'ose la contredire.

No one dares to contradict her.

A2

Je crois que Tom n'a pas le courage de contredire Mary.

I think Tom doesn't have the courage to oppose Mary.

B1

C'est difficile de dire ça sans avoir l'air de te contredire, mais permets-moi d'être franc.

It's hard to say this without sounding like I'm disagreeing with you, but let me be upfront about it.

B1

Si vous comptez mentir tous les deux, essayez au moins de vous en tenir à la même histoire et de ne pas vous contredire.

If you're both going to lie, at least stick to the same story and don't contradict each other.

B1

L'élève rebelle a osé contredire son professeur.

The contumacious student dared to gainsay his teacher.

B2