estar en contra
“estar en contra” — to be against in Valencian. Phrase, level A2. Be in the against; I am against the project, but for the neighborhood. In a live sentence: “Estic en contra del projecte, però a favor del barri” — I'm against the project, but for the neighborhood. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Valencian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Valencian | estar en contra |
| Translation | to be against |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- estar en contrato be against
Why it looks that way
Be in the against; I am against the project, but for the neighborhood
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Estic en contra del projecte, però a favor del barriI'm against the project, but for the neighborhood
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to be against” in Valencian?
«estar en contra». In a live sentence: “Estic en contra del projecte, però a favor del barri” — I'm against the project, but for the neighborhood. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Be in the against; I am against the project, but for the neighborhood. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how this sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.