Polyglot Dictionary

contraforte

/kõtɾaˈfɔɾtʃi/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os contrafortes

Meaning

  1. buttress

    • O contraforte sustenta a parede.

      The buttress supports the wall.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Strebepfeiler

Strebepfeiler is the German word for the same thing — both mean "buttress."

Spanish

contrafuerte

contrafuerte is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "buttress."

Practice

1 What does contraforte mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ sustenta a parede.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches contraforte?

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