contestar
Asturian edit
Verb edit
contestar (first-person singular indicative present contesto, past participle contestáu)
- to answer (make a reply or response to)
- to answer back
Conjugation edit
Synonyms edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin contestārī.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [kun.təsˈta]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kon.təsˈta]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kon.tesˈtaɾ]
- Homophone: contestà
Verb edit
contestar (first-person singular present contesto, first-person singular preterite contestí, past participle contestat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/ (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation edit
Further reading edit
- “contestar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “contestar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “contestar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “contestar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin contestārī.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: con‧tes‧tar
Verb edit
contestar (first-person singular present contesto, first-person singular preterite contestei, past participle contestado)
- (transitive) to challenge, dispute
- (transitive) to contest
- (transitive) to contradict
- (intransitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Conjugation edit
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2European Portuguese.
Further reading edit
- “contestar” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “contestar” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “contestar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “contestar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “contestar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “contestar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin contestārī (“to call to witness”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /kontesˈtaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪esˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: con‧tes‧tar
Verb edit
contestar (first-person singular present contesto, first-person singular preterite contesté, past participle contestado)
Usage notes edit
- Contestar is a false friend, and does not mean "to contest". The words for "to contest" in Spanish are contender, concursar.
Conjugation edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “contestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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