contestar
Asturian
Verb
contestar (first-person singular indicative present contesto, past participle contestáu)
- to answer (to make a reply or response to)
- to answer back
Conjugation
Conjugation of contestar
Catalan
Conjugation
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 |
Synonyms
Further reading
- “contestar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin contestārī.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tesˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.tesˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.tesˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.teʃˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.teʃˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tesˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɨʃˈtaɾ/
- Hyphenation: con‧tes‧tar
Verb
contestar (first-person singular present contesto, first-person singular preterite contestei, past participle contestado)
- to challenge, dispute
- to contest
- to contradict
Conjugation
Conjugation of contestar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin contestārī, present infinitive of contestor (“to call to witness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kontesˈtaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪esˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: con‧tes‧tar
Verb
contestar (first-person singular present contesto, first-person singular preterite contesté, past participle contestado)
Usage notes
Conjugation
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.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive contestar | |||||||
dative | contestarme | contestarte | contestarle, contestarse | contestarnos | contestaros | contestarles, contestarse | |
accusative | contestarme | contestarte | contestarlo, contestarla, contestarse | contestarnos | contestaros | contestarlos, contestarlas, contestarse | |
with gerund contestando | |||||||
dative | contestándome | contestándote | contestándole, contestándose | contestándonos | contestándoos | contestándoles, contestándose | |
accusative | contestándome | contestándote | contestándolo, contestándola, contestándose | contestándonos | contestándoos | contestándolos, contestándolas, contestándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contesta | |||||||
dative | contéstame | contéstate | contéstale | contéstanos | not used | contéstales | |
accusative | contéstame | contéstate | contéstalo, contéstala | contéstanos | not used | contéstalos, contéstalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contestá | |||||||
dative | contestame | contestate | contestale | contestanos | not used | contestales | |
accusative | contestame | contestate | contestalo, contestala | contestanos | not used | contestalos, contestalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative conteste | |||||||
dative | contésteme | not used | contéstele, contéstese | contéstenos | not used | contésteles | |
accusative | contésteme | not used | contéstelo, contéstela, contéstese | contéstenos | not used | contéstelos, contéstelas | |
with first-person plural imperative contestemos | |||||||
dative | not used | contestémoste | contestémosle | contestémonos | contestémoos | contestémosles | |
accusative | not used | contestémoste | contestémoslo, contestémosla | contestémonos | contestémoos | contestémoslos, contestémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative contestad | |||||||
dative | contestadme | not used | contestadle | contestadnos | contestaos | contestadles | |
accusative | contestadme | not used | contestadlo, contestadla | contestadnos | contestaos | contestadlos, contestadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative contesten | |||||||
dative | contéstenme | not used | contéstenle | contéstennos | not used | contéstenles, contéstense | |
accusative | contéstenme | not used | contéstenlo, contéstenla | contéstennos | not used | contéstenlos, contéstenlas, contéstense |
Derived terms
- contestación (noun)
Further reading
- “contestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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