contra

• Substantivo que designa um membro das forças guerrilheiras que se opunham ao governo de esquerda sandinista na Nicarágua, nos anos 1980.

A noun referring to a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua.

nome próprio

1. Nicaraguan guerrilla fighterC1formalamericanpolitical

   A member of the right-wing guerrilla groups that opposed the left-wing Sandinista government in Nicaragua during the 1980s.

   Guerrilheiro nicaraguense

   • The Contras were supported by the United States during the conflict.
   • Many Contras were former members of the National Guard.
   • The war between the Sandinistas and the Contras lasted for years.