contraer

v.

1 to contract.

La máquina contrajo las palancas The machine contracted the levers.

Ella contrajo un servicio She contracted=agreed to a service.

Ella contrajo todos sus músculos She contracted all her muscles.

Las gotas contrajeron sus pupilas The drops contracted her pupils.

2 to acquire (vicio, costumbre).

3 to catch.

Contraje paperas hace un mes I caught the mumps a month ago.

4 to incur in, to fall into.

Contrajo una deuda tremenda She incurred in an enormous debt.

5 to shorten, to abbreviate, to abridge, to condense.

Contraje tu ensayo por estética I shortened your essay for aesthetics.

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contraer

Conjugation model [TRAER], like {{link=traer}}traer

► verbo transitivo

1 (encoger) to contract

■ contraer un músculo to contract a muscle

2 (enfermedad) to catch

3 (deuda) to contract, incur; (hábito) to pick up

4 LINGÚÍSTICA to contract

► verbo pronominal contraerse

1 (encogerse) to contract

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FRASEOLOGÍA

contraer matrimonio con alguien to marry somebody

contraer obligaciones to enter into obligations

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verb

1) to contract

2) catch

•

- contraer matrimonio

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1. VT

1) [+ enfermedad] to contract frm, catch

2) [+ compromiso] to make, take on; [+ obligación] to take on, contract frm; [+ deuda, crédito] to incur, contract frm

contraer matrimonio (con algn) — to marry (sb)

contrajo parentesco con la familia real — frm she married into the royal family

3) [+ costumbre] to get into, acquire frm

4) [+ músculo, nervio] to contract

tenía el rostro contraído por el dolor — his face was contorted o twisted with pain

tanta pobreza le contrajo el corazón — such poverty made his heart bleed

5) [+ metal, objeto] to cause to contract

la humedad contrae las cuerdas — dampness causes the ropes to contract

2.

See:

contraerse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (frml)

a) <enfermedad> to contract (frml), to catch

b) <obligación/deudas> to contract (frml); <compromiso> to make

c) <matrimonio>

contrajo matrimonio con doña Eva Sáenz — he married o (frml) contracted (a) marriage with Eva Sáenz

2)

a) <músculo> to contract, tighten; <facciones/cara> to contort

b) <metal/material> to cause ... to contract

2.

contraerse v pron to contract

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= contract, crick.

Ex. In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.

Ex. The crescent-shaped blowhole lies just in front of a crease in the neck, giving the impression that dolphin forever has its head cricked upwards.

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* contraer multa = incur + fine.

* contraer un acuerdo = contract + agreement.

* contraer una enfermedad = contract + disease.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (frml)

a) <enfermedad> to contract (frml), to catch

b) <obligación/deudas> to contract (frml); <compromiso> to make

c) <matrimonio>

contrajo matrimonio con doña Eva Sáenz — he married o (frml) contracted (a) marriage with Eva Sáenz

2)

a) <músculo> to contract, tighten; <facciones/cara> to contort

b) <metal/material> to cause ... to contract

2.

contraerse v pron to contract

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= contract, crick.

Ex: In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.

Ex: The crescent-shaped blowhole lies just in front of a crease in the neck, giving the impression that dolphin forever has its head cricked upwards.

* contraer multa = incur + fine.

* contraer un acuerdo = contract + agreement.

* contraer una enfermedad = contract + disease.

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contraer [E23 ]

vt

A (frml)

1 ‹enfermedad› to contract (frml), to catch

2 ‹obligación› to contract (frml); ‹deudas› to contract (frml), to incur

contraer un compromiso to make a commitment

3 ‹matrimonio›

a la edad de 30 años contrajo matrimonio con doña Eva Sáenz at the age of 30 he married o (frml) contracted (a) marriage with Eva Sáenz

al casarse contrajo parentesco con la familia más rica de la localidad he married into the wealthiest family in the area

B

1 ‹músculo› to contract, tighten, tauten; ‹facciones› to contort

con la cara contraída en una mueca de dolor his face contorted into a grimace of pain, his face screwed up with pain

el miedo le contraía las entrañas his stomach muscles contracted o tightened with fear

2 ‹metal/material› to cause … to contract, make … contract

■ contraerse

v pron

1 «músculo» to contract

sintió contraerse el corazón ante tan triste espectáculo he felt his heart contract at that pitiful sight (liter)

2 (Fís) «metal/material/cuerpo» to contract

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contraer (conjugate contraer) verbo transitivo
1 (frml)

a) ‹enfermedad› to contract (frml), to catch

b) ‹obligación/deudas› to contract (frml);

‹compromiso› to make;

◊ contraer matrimonio con algn to marry sb

2

a) ‹músculo› to contract, tighten;

‹facciones/cara› to contort

b) ‹metal/material› to cause … to contract

contraerse verbo pronominal
to contract
contraer verbo transitivo
1 to contract
2 (enfermedad) to catch
3 frml contraer matrimonio, to marry [con, -]
'contraer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
matrimonio
- crispar
- deuda
- enfermedad
English:
contract
- debt
- develop
- incur
- contort
- heavily
- risk
- under

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contraer

♦ vt

1. [enfermedad] to catch, to contract

2. [vicio, costumbre, deuda, obligación] to acquire

3.

contraer matrimonio (con) to get married (to)

4. [material] to cause to contract

5. [músculo] to contract

6. Informát [subdirectorios] to collapse

♦ See also the pronominal verb contraerse

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contraer

<part contraido> v/t

1 contract

2 músculo tighten

3

:

contraer matrimonio marry

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contraer {81} vt

1) : to contract (a disease)

2) : to establish by contract

contraer matrimonio: to get married

3) : to tighten, to contract

♦ See also the reflexive verb contraerse

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contraer vb (enfermedad) to catch [pt. & pp. caught]

contrajo el sarampión he caught measles

contraer matrimonio to get married