contestar
AsturianEdit
VerbEdit
contestar (first-person singular indicative present contesto, past participle contestáu)
- to answer (to make a reply or response to)
- to answer back
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of contestar
SynonymsEdit
CatalanEdit
VerbEdit
contestar (first-person singular present contesto, past participle contestat)
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of contestar (first conjugation)
infinitive | contestar | ||||||
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present participle | contestant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | contestat | contestada | |||||
plural | contestats | contestades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | contesto | contestes | contesta | contestem | contesteu | contesten | |
imperfect | contestava | contestaves | contestava | contestàvem | contestàveu | contestaven | |
future | contestaré | contestaràs | contestarà | contestarem | contestareu | contestaran | |
preterite | contestí | contestares | contestà | contestàrem | contestàreu | contestaren | |
conditional | contestaria | contestaries | contestaria | contestaríem | contestaríeu | contestarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | contesti | contestis | contesti | contestem | contesteu | contestin | |
imperfect | contestés | contestessis | contestés | contestéssim | contestéssiu | contestessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | contesta | contesti | contestem | contesteu | contestin |
SynonymsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “contestar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin contestārī.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: con‧tes‧tar
VerbEdit
contestar (first-person singular present contesto, first-person singular preterite contestei, past participle contestado)
- to challenge, dispute
- to contest
- to contradict
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of contestar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin contestārī, present infinitive of contestor (“to call to witness”).
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /kontesˈtaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪esˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: con‧tes‧tar
VerbEdit
contestar (first-person singular present contesto, first-person singular preterite contesté, past participle contestado)
Usage notesEdit
- Contestar is a false friend, and does not mean "to contest". The words for "to contest" in Spanish are contender, concursar.
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of contestar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of contestar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived termsEdit
- contestación (noun)
Further readingEdit
- “contestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014