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?
Je n'ose pas le contredire.
I don't dare to contradict him.
Personne n'ose la contredire.
No one dares to contradict her.
Je crois que Tom n'a pas le courage de contredire Mary.
I think Tom doesn't have the courage to oppose Mary.
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.
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.
L'élève rebelle a osé contredire son professeur.
The contumacious student dared to gainsay his teacher.