contraer

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin contrahere. Cognate with English contract.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontɾaˈeɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾaˈeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧er

Verb

contraer (first-person singular present contraigo, first-person singular preterite contraje, past participle contraído)

1. to contract, to get, to catch, to develop (e.g. a disease, illness or infection)
2. to incur, to get in, to get into (debt)
3. to enter into, to undertake (e.g. an agreement, a commitment, a marriage, an engagement, obligations)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contraer (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			contraer
gerund			contrayendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contraído		contraída
		plural		contraídos		contraídas
		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	contraigo	contraestú contraésvos	contrae	contraemos	contraéis	contraen
	imperfect	contraía	contraías	contraía	contraíamos	contraíais	contraían
	preterite	contraje	contrajiste	contrajo	contrajimos	contrajisteis	contrajeron
	future	contraeré	contraerás	contraerá	contraeremos	contraeréis	contraerán
	conditional	contraería	contraerías	contraería	contraeríamos	contraeríais	contraerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contraiga	contraigastú contraigásvos2	contraiga	contraigamos	contraigáis	contraigan
	imperfect (ra)	contrajera	contrajeras	contrajera	contrajéramos	contrajerais	contrajeran
	imperfect (se)	contrajese	contrajeses	contrajese	contrajésemos	contrajeseis	contrajesen
	future1	contrajere	contrajeres	contrajere	contrajéremos	contrajereis	contrajeren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		contraetú contraévos	contraiga	contraigamos	contraed	contraigan
	negative		no contraigas	no contraiga	no contraigamos	no contraigáis	no contraigan

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

    Selected combined forms of contraer (irregular)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive contraer
	dative	contraerme	contraerte	contraerle, contraerse	contraernos	contraeros	contraerles, contraerse
	accusative	contraerme	contraerte	contraerlo, contraerla, contraerse	contraernos	contraeros	contraerlos, contraerlas, contraerse
with gerund contrayendo
	dative	contrayéndome	contrayéndote	contrayéndole, contrayéndose	contrayéndonos	contrayéndoos	contrayéndoles, contrayéndose
	accusative	contrayéndome	contrayéndote	contrayéndolo, contrayéndola, contrayéndose	contrayéndonos	contrayéndoos	contrayéndolos, contrayéndolas, contrayéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contrae
	dative	contráeme	contráete	contráele	contráenos	not used	contráeles
	accusative	contráeme	contráete	contráelo, contráela	contráenos	not used	contráelos, contráelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contraé
	dative	contraeme	contraete	contraele	contraenos	not used	contraeles
	accusative	contraeme	contraete	contraelo, contraela	contraenos	not used	contraelos, contraelas
with formal second-person singular imperative contraiga
	dative	contráigame	not used	contráigale, contráigase	contráiganos	not used	contráigales
	accusative	contráigame	not used	contráigalo, contráigala, contráigase	contráiganos	not used	contráigalos, contráigalas
with first-person plural imperative contraigamos
	dative	not used	contraigámoste	contraigámosle	contraigámonos	contraigámoos	contraigámosles
	accusative	not used	contraigámoste	contraigámoslo, contraigámosla	contraigámonos	contraigámoos	contraigámoslos, contraigámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contraed
	dative	contraedme	not used	contraedle	contraednos	contraeos	contraedles
	accusative	contraedme	not used	contraedlo, contraedla	contraednos	contraeos	contraedlos, contraedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contraigan
	dative	contráiganme	not used	contráiganle	contráigannos	not used	contráiganles, contráiganse
	accusative	contráiganme	not used	contráiganlo, contráiganla	contráigannos	not used	contráiganlos, contráiganlas, contráiganse

Derived terms

• contraer matrimonio

 

Related terms

• contracción
• contráctil
• contrato
• traer

 

Further reading

• “contraer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014