contraer
Meanings
Verb
1. to contract, to get, to catch, to develop (e.g. a disease, illness or infection)
2. to incur, to get in, to get into (debt)
3. to enter into, to undertake (e.g. an agreement, a commitment, a marriage, an engagement, obligations)
Examples16
Contrajo esa enfermedad hace muchos años.
He contracted that illness many years ago.
Contrajo matrimonio hace tres días.
He got married three days ago.
Mucha gente contrae matrimonio en sábado.
Lots of people get married on Saturdays.
¿Cuándo contrajo matrimonio?
When did she get married?
El metal se contrae al enfriarse.
Metal contracts when cooled.
El médico me dijo que había contraído una infección de transmisión sexual.
My doctor told me that I had contracted a sexually transmitted infection.