CONTRA


Meaning of CONTRA in English

prep.

Pronunciation: ' kän-tr ə , ' k ō n-, - ˌ trä

Function: noun

Etymology: American Spanish, short for contrarrevolucionario counterrevolutionary

Date: 1981

: a member of a guerrilla group opposed to the Sandinista government in Nicaragua in the 1980s

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.