verb🔗ShareContraerse, acortarTo draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen."Example: "As the weather cooled down, the metal pipe started contracting, making a creaking sound." "A medida que el clima se enfriaba, la tubería de metal comenzó a contraerse, emitiendo un crujido.physiologymedicineanatomybiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareContraer, abreviar(grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one."When writing quickly, people often start contracting words like "cannot" to "can't." "Al escribir rápido, la gente a menudo empieza a contraer palabras como "cannot" a "can't".grammarlinguisticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCelebrar un contratoTo enter into a contract with."The company is contracting a new marketing team. "La empresa está celebrando un contrato con un nuevo equipo de marketing.businesslaweconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareContraer, celebrarTo enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for."The company is contracting with a local farm to supply fresh produce for the office cafeteria. "La empresa está celebrando un contrato con una granja local para suministrar productos frescos a la cafetería de la oficina.businesslawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareContratar, celebrar un contrato, convenirTo make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain."to contract for carrying the mail"contratar el transporte del correobusinesslaweconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareContraer, incurrir, adquirirTo bring on; to incur; to acquire."She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens."Ella contrajo el hábito de fumar en su adolescencia.businesseconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareContraer, adquirirTo gain or acquire (an illness)."After visiting the hospital, she worried about contracting a cold. "Después de visitar el hospital, se preocupó por contraer un resfriado.medicinediseasebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareContraerse, arrugarseTo draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit."The old leather of the baseball glove was contracting and wrinkling under the hot sun. "El cuero viejo del guante de béisbol se contraía y se arrugaba bajo el sol caliente.physiologyanatomybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareComprometerse, prometerseTo betroth; to affiance."Long ago, families were often contracting their children to be married at a young age. "Hace mucho tiempo, las familias a menudo comprometían a sus hijos para que se casaran a una edad temprana.familytraditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareContracciónThe act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction."the contractings of his muscles"Las contracciones de sus músculosphysiologymedicinebodyprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTrabajo por contratoWork done on a contract basis."Her steady income comes from contracting; she takes on project-based work for several different companies. "Sus ingresos constantes provienen del trabajo por contrato; realiza trabajos basados en proyectos para varias empresas diferentes.businessworkeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareContrayente, encogiendoGetting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area."The contracting spiral notebook was hard to use because the metal rings were bending inwards. "El cuaderno en espiral que se encogía era difícil de usar porque los anillos de metal se doblaban hacia adentro.physicsscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
