# contrato
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* contracto, contrauto (archaic)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin contractus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [konˈtɾatʊ]

### Noun

contrato m (plural contratos)
* contract

#### Related terms

* contratar
* contratista

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “contrato”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “contrauto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “contrato”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “contrato”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Italian
### Participle

contrato (feminine contrata, masculine plural contrati, feminine plural contrate)
* past participle of contrare

### Anagrams

* attronco, contorta, troncato

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kõˈtɾa.tu/
* Rhymes: -atu
* Hyphenation: con‧tra‧to

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin contractus.

#### Noun

contrato m (plural contratos)
* contract

##### Related terms

* contração
* contrair
* contratar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

contrato
* first-person singular present indicative of contratar

### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

contrato (feminine contrata, masculine plural contratos, feminine plural contratas)
* (Brazil) Alternative form of contracto.

### Further reading

* “contrato”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “contrato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “contrato”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “contrato”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

### References

* ↑ Contrato e contracto, in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konˈtɾato/ [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾa.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -ato
* Syllabification: con‧tra‧to

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin contractus. Cognate with English contract.

#### Noun

contrato m (plural contratos)
* contract, agreement

##### Derived terms

* contrato de alquiler
* contrato de arras
* contrato de arrendamiento
* contrato de comisión mercantil
* contrato de compraventa
* contrato de cuenta corriente
* contrato de depósito irregular
* contrato de donación
* contrato de fianza
* contrato de futuros
* incumplimiento de contrato

##### Related terms

* contracción
* contraer
* contratar
* contratista

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

contrato
* first-person singular present indicative of contratar

### Further reading

* “contrato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10