concursar

Spanish

Etymology

From concurso +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konkuɾˈsaɾ/ [kõŋ.kuɾˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧cur‧sar

Verb

concursar (first-person singular present concurso, first-person singular preterite concursé, past participle concursado)

1. to compete

   Synonym: competir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of concursar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			concursar
gerund			concursando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		concursado		concursada
		plural		concursados		concursadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	concurso	concursastú concursásvos	concursa	concursamos	concursáis	concursan
	imperfect	concursaba	concursabas	concursaba	concursábamos	concursabais	concursaban
	preterite	concursé	concursaste	concursó	concursamos	concursasteis	concursaron
	future	concursaré	concursarás	concursará	concursaremos	concursaréis	concursarán
	conditional	concursaría	concursarías	concursaría	concursaríamos	concursaríais	concursarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	concurse	concursestú concursésvos2	concurse	concursemos	concurséis	concursen
	imperfect (ra)	concursara	concursaras	concursara	concursáramos	concursarais	concursaran
	imperfect (se)	concursase	concursases	concursase	concursásemos	concursaseis	concursasen
	future1	concursare	concursares	concursare	concursáremos	concursareis	concursaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		concursatú concursávos	concurse	concursemos	concursad	concursen
	negative		no concurses	no concurse	no concursemos	no concurséis	no concursen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• concursante
• concurso

 

Further reading

• “concursar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16