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): (Valencian) [kon.tesˈtaɾ]
- Homophone: contestà
Verb[edit]
contestar (first-person singular present contesto, first-person singular preterite contestí, past participle contestat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, 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]
1Brazilian Portuguese.
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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