contra

A1Rank #301

against, versus

Part of speech
preposition
Frequency rank
#301 of 5,000

la lucha contra el prejuicio

the fight against prejudice

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"contra" in example sentences

"contra" appears in 377 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation. Here are 3 of them.

Yo estoy en contra.

I'm against it.

Tatoeba #1393733

No estoy en contra de él.

I am not against him.

Tatoeba #11807708

No tiene nada en contra de eso.

He has nothing against it.

Tatoeba #5137994

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