contrapesar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.peˈza(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾa.peˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.peˈza(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾa.peˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.peˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.peˈza(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾa.peˈza(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.peˈza(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐ.pɨˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐ.pɨˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐ.pɨˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: con‧tra‧pe‧sar

Verb

contrapesar (first-person singular present contrapeso, first-person singular preterite contrapesei, past participle contrapesado)

1. (transitive) to counterbalance (to apply weight or force in order to balance)

   Synonym: contrabalancear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contrapesar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	contrapesar
Personal	contrapesar	contrapesares	contrapesar	contrapesarmos	contrapesardes	contrapesarem
Gerund
	contrapesando
Past participle
Masculine	contrapesado			contrapesados
Feminine	contrapesada			contrapesadas
Indicative
Present	contrapeso	contrapesas	contrapesa	contrapesamos	contrapesais	contrapesam
Imperfect	contrapesava	contrapesavas	contrapesava	contrapesávamos	contrapesáveis	contrapesavam
Preterite	contrapesei	contrapesaste	contrapesou	contrapesamos1, contrapesámos2	contrapesastes	contrapesaram
Pluperfect	contrapesara	contrapesaras	contrapesara	contrapesáramos	contrapesáreis	contrapesaram
Future	contrapesarei	contrapesarás	contrapesará	contrapesaremos	contrapesareis	contrapesarão
Conditional	contrapesaria	contrapesarias	contrapesaria	contrapesaríamos	contrapesaríeis	contrapesariam
Subjunctive
Present	contrapese	contrapeses	contrapese	contrapesemos	contrapeseis	contrapesem
Imperfect	contrapesasse	contrapesasses	contrapesasse	contrapesássemos	contrapesásseis	contrapesassem
Future	contrapesar	contrapesares	contrapesar	contrapesarmos	contrapesardes	contrapesarem
Imperative
Affirmative		contrapesa	contrapese	contrapesemos	contrapesai	contrapesem
Negative (não)		não contrapeses	não contrapese	não contrapesemos	não contrapeseis	não contrapesem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontɾapeˈsaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.peˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧pe‧sar

Verb

contrapesar (first-person singular present contrapeso, first-person singular preterite contrapesé, past participle contrapesado)

1. (transitive) to counterbalance

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contrapesar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			contrapesar
gerund			contrapesando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contrapesado		contrapesada
		plural		contrapesados		contrapesadas
		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	contrapeso	contrapesastú contrapesásvos	contrapesa	contrapesamos	contrapesáis	contrapesan
	imperfect	contrapesaba	contrapesabas	contrapesaba	contrapesábamos	contrapesabais	contrapesaban
	preterite	contrapesé	contrapesaste	contrapesó	contrapesamos	contrapesasteis	contrapesaron
	future	contrapesaré	contrapesarás	contrapesará	contrapesaremos	contrapesaréis	contrapesarán
	conditional	contrapesaría	contrapesarías	contrapesaría	contrapesaríamos	contrapesaríais	contrapesarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contrapese	contrapesestú contrapesésvos2	contrapese	contrapesemos	contrapeséis	contrapesen
	imperfect (ra)	contrapesara	contrapesaras	contrapesara	contrapesáramos	contrapesarais	contrapesaran
	imperfect (se)	contrapesase	contrapesases	contrapesase	contrapesásemos	contrapesaseis	contrapesasen
	future1	contrapesare	contrapesares	contrapesare	contrapesáremos	contrapesareis	contrapesaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		contrapesatú contrapesávos	contrapese	contrapesemos	contrapesad	contrapesen
	negative		no contrapeses	no contrapese	no contrapesemos	no contrapeséis	no contrapesen

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

    Selected combined forms of contrapesar

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 contrapesar
	dative	contrapesarme	contrapesarte	contrapesarle, contrapesarse	contrapesarnos	contrapesaros	contrapesarles, contrapesarse
	accusative	contrapesarme	contrapesarte	contrapesarlo, contrapesarla, contrapesarse	contrapesarnos	contrapesaros	contrapesarlos, contrapesarlas, contrapesarse
with gerund contrapesando
	dative	contrapesándome	contrapesándote	contrapesándole, contrapesándose	contrapesándonos	contrapesándoos	contrapesándoles, contrapesándose
	accusative	contrapesándome	contrapesándote	contrapesándolo, contrapesándola, contrapesándose	contrapesándonos	contrapesándoos	contrapesándolos, contrapesándolas, contrapesándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contrapesa
	dative	contrapésame	contrapésate	contrapésale	contrapésanos	not used	contrapésales
	accusative	contrapésame	contrapésate	contrapésalo, contrapésala	contrapésanos	not used	contrapésalos, contrapésalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contrapesá
	dative	contrapesame	contrapesate	contrapesale	contrapesanos	not used	contrapesales
	accusative	contrapesame	contrapesate	contrapesalo, contrapesala	contrapesanos	not used	contrapesalos, contrapesalas
with formal second-person singular imperative contrapese
	dative	contrapéseme	not used	contrapésele, contrapésese	contrapésenos	not used	contrapéseles
	accusative	contrapéseme	not used	contrapéselo, contrapésela, contrapésese	contrapésenos	not used	contrapéselos, contrapéselas
with first-person plural imperative contrapesemos
	dative	not used	contrapesémoste	contrapesémosle	contrapesémonos	contrapesémoos	contrapesémosles
	accusative	not used	contrapesémoste	contrapesémoslo, contrapesémosla	contrapesémonos	contrapesémoos	contrapesémoslos, contrapesémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contrapesad
	dative	contrapesadme	not used	contrapesadle	contrapesadnos	contrapesaos	contrapesadles
	accusative	contrapesadme	not used	contrapesadlo, contrapesadla	contrapesadnos	contrapesaos	contrapesadlos, contrapesadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contrapesen
	dative	contrapésenme	not used	contrapésenle	contrapésennos	not used	contrapésenles, contrapésense
	accusative	contrapésenme	not used	contrapésenlo, contrapésenla	contrapésennos	not used	contrapésenlos, contrapésenlas, contrapésense

Further reading

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