contracta in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for contracta in the French»English Dictionary

I.contracter [kɔ̃tʀakte] VB trans

1. contracter (crisper):

contracter muscle

to contract, to tense

contracter visage

to tense

contracter personne

to make [sb] tense

une grimace contracta sa bouche ou ses traits

he/she grimaced

l'émotion lui contracta la gorge

his/her throat tightened with emotion

la peur lui contractait la gorge

his/her throat was tight with fear

2. contracter LING:

contracter forme

to contract

3. contracter (s'engager dans):

contracter obligation, dette

to incur

contracter marché

to conclude

contracter assurance, emprunt

to take out

contracter engagement

to enter into

contracter amitié, liaison

to form

4. contracter (réduire):

contracter substance

to make [sth] contract

5. contracter MED:

contracter maladie, virus

to contract

II.se contracter VB refl

1. se contracter (se crisper):

se contracter muscle:

to contract

se contracter visage, personne:

to tense up

se contracter gorge:

to tighten

2. se contracter (diminuer) PHYS:

se contracter substance:

to contract

se contracter exportations, marché:

to shrink

3. se contracter LING forme, mot:

se contracter (si l'on veut)

to contract

se contracter (obligatoirement)

to be contracted

Translations for contracta in the English»French Dictionary

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incur COMM, FIN debts

contracter

to feel a tightening of one's jaw/stomach muscles

sentir sa mâchoire/les muscles de son estomac se contracter

acquire habit

contracter

to enter into wedlock

contracter mariage

contract virus, disease

contracter (from par le contact avec)

contract marriage, alliance, debt, duty, loan

contracter

contract muscles

contracter

contract wood, metal:

se contracter

contract MED, PHYSIOL

se contracter

shrink

contracter

shrink timber:

se contracter

tighten muscle:

se contracter

to take out a mortgage

contracter un emprunt-logement form

to take out a policy

contracter une assurance

contracta in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for contracta in the French»English Dictionary

I.contracter [kɔ̃tʀakte] VB trans ANAT

le froid contracte qc

cold makes sth contract

II.contracter [kɔ̃tʀakte] VB refl

se contracter

to contract

se contracter visage

to tense

Translations for contracta in the English»French Dictionary

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contract

se contracter

contract

contracter

incur debt

contracter

twitch muscle

se contracter

twitch

contracter

develop infection, habit

contracter

contracta Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

se contracter

to contract

se contracter visage

to tense