contestar
Aragonese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin contestārī (“to call to witness”).
Verb
editcontestar
- to answer (make a reply or response to)
- to answer back
Conjugation
editSynonyms
editAsturian
editVerb
editcontestar (first-person singular indicative present contesto, past participle contestáu)
- to answer (make a reply or response to)
- to answer back
Conjugation
editSynonyms
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin contestārī.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [kun.təsˈta]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kon.təsˈta]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kon.tesˈtaɾ]
- Homophone: contestà
Verb
editcontestar (first-person singular present contesto, first-person singular preterite contestí, past participle contestat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/ (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation
editFurther 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
editEtymology
editFrom Latin contestārī.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: con‧tes‧tar
Verb
editcontestar (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
edit1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
edit- “contestar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “contestar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “contestar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “contestar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “contestar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “contestar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin contestārī (“to call to witness”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /kontesˈtaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪esˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: con‧tes‧tar
Verb
editcontestar (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
editThese forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “contestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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