contracter
Meanings
Verb
1. to engage via a formal or informal contract; to contract (transitive)
2. to contract a disease; to develop or acquire a bad habit (transitive)
3. to reduce the volume or size (transitive)
4. to reduce its own size (reflexive)
Examples39
Tes épaules sont très contractées.
Your shoulders are very tense.
L'économie algérienne se contracte.
Algeria's economy is contracting.
L'économie algérienne s'est contractée.
Algeria's economy has contracted.
Il a contracté ses muscles.
He flexed his muscles.
Contracter un cancer tôt accroît les chances de survie.
Catching cancer early increases survival odds.
Le métal se contracte quand il est refroidi.
Metal contracts when cooled.