contraer
/kontɾaˈeɾ/ · B2 · verb
to contract, to get, to catch, to develop
🤒📝 con + traer = to bring together: pull in a illness, debt, or vow
From Latin contrahere: con (together) + trahere (to pull, drag). Related to English contract and traction. You pull something toward yourself: muscles draw tight, and you take on a disease, a debt, or a marriage commitment.