contemplar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contemplāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kun.təmˈpla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.təmˈpla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kon.temˈplaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kon.temˈpla]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

contemplar (first-person singular present contemplo, first-person singular preterite contemplí, past participle contemplat)

1. (transitive) to contemplate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of contemplar (first conjugation)

infinitive			contemplar
gerund			contemplant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contemplat		contemplada
		plural		contemplats		contemplades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	contemplo	contemples	contempla	contemplem	contempleu	contemplen
	imperfect	contemplava	contemplaves	contemplava	contemplàvem	contemplàveu	contemplaven
	future	contemplaré	contemplaràs	contemplarà	contemplarem	contemplareu	contemplaran
	preterite	contemplí	contemplares	contemplà	contemplàrem	contemplàreu	contemplaren
	conditional	contemplaria	contemplaries	contemplaria	contemplaríem	contemplaríeu	contemplarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	contempli	contemplis	contempli	contemplem	contempleu	contemplin
	imperfect	contemplés	contemplessis	contemplés	contempléssim	contempléssiu	contemplessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	contempla	contempli	contemplem	contempleu	contemplin
	negative (no)	—	no contemplis	no contempli	no contemplem	no contempleu	no contemplin

Related terms

• contemplació
• contemplatiu

Further reading

• “contemplar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “contemplar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “contemplar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “contemplar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin templum

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin contemplō, contemplārelbor.

Galician contemplar

Learned borrowing from Latin contemplō, contemplāre.

Verb

contemplar (first-person singular present contemplo, first-person singular preterite contemplei, past participle contemplado)

1. (transitive) to contemplate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contemplar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	contemplar
Personal	contemplar	contemplares	contemplar	contemplarmos	contemplardes	contemplaren
Gerund
	contemplando
Past participle
Masculine	contemplado			contemplados
Feminine	contemplada			contempladas
Indicative
Present	contemplo	contemplas	contempla	contemplamos	contemplades	contemplan
Imperfect	contemplaba	contemplabas	contemplaba	contemplabamos	contemplabades	contemplaban
Preterite	contemplei	contemplaches	contemplou	contemplamos	contemplastes	contemplaron
Pluperfect	contemplara	contemplaras	contemplara	contemplaramos	contemplarades	contemplaran
Future	contemplarei	contemplarás	contemplará	contemplaremos	contemplaredes	contemplarán
Conditional	contemplaría	contemplarías	contemplaría	contemplariamos	contemplariades	contemplarían
Subjunctive
Present	contemple	contemples	contemple	contemplemos	contempledes	contemplen
Imperfect	contemplase	contemplases	contemplase	contemplásemos	contemplásedes	contemplasen
Future	contemplar	contemplares	contemplar	contemplarmos	contemplardes	contemplaren
Imperative
Affirmative		contempla	contemple	contemplemos	contemplade	contemplen
Negative (non)		non contemples	non contemple	non contemplemos	non contempledes	non contemplen

    Reintegrated conjugation of contemplar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	contemplar
Personal	contemplar	contemplares	contemplar	contemplarmos	contemplardes	contemplarem
Gerund
	contemplando
Past participle
Masculine	contemplado			contemplados
Feminine	contemplada			contempladas
Indicative
Present	contemplo	contemplas	contempla	contemplamos	contemplades, contemplais	contemplam
Imperfect	contemplava	contemplavas	contemplava	contemplávamos	contemplávades, contempláveis, contemplávais1	contemplavam
Preterite	contemplei	contemplaste, contemplache1	contemplou	contemplamos	contemplastes	contemplárom, contemplaram
Pluperfect	contemplara	contemplaras	contemplara	contempláramos	contemplárades, contempláreis, contemplárais1	contemplaram
Future	contemplarei	contemplarás	contemplará	contemplaremos	contemplaredes, contemplareis	contemplarám, contemplarão
Conditional	contemplaria	contemplarias	contemplaria	contemplaríamos	contemplaríades, contemplaríeis, contemplaríais1	contemplariam
Subjunctive
Present	contemple	contemples	contemple	contemplemos	contempledes, contempleis	contemplem
Imperfect	contemplasse	contemplasses	contemplasse	contemplássemos	contemplássedes, contemplásseis	contemplassem
Future	contemplar	contemplares	contemplar	contemplarmos	contemplardes	contemplarem
Imperative
Affirmative		contempla	contemple	contemplemos	contemplade, contemplai	contemplem
Negative (nom)		nom contemples	nom contemple	nom contemplemos	nom contempledes, nom contempleis	nom contemplem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• contemplación
• contemplativo

Further reading

• “contemplar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “contemplar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Interlingua

Verb

contemplar

1. to contemplate

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin templum

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin contemplārebor.

Portuguese contemplar

Borrowed from Latin contemplāre.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tẽˈplaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tẽˈplaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tẽˈpla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: con‧tem‧plar

Verb

contemplar (first-person singular present contemplo, first-person singular preterite contemplei, past participle contemplado)

1. (transitive) to behold (to look at with awe)
2. to contemplate (think about something in a concentrated manner)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contemplar (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	contemplar
Personal	contemplar	contemplares	contemplar	contemplarmos	contemplardes	contemplarem
Gerund
	contemplando
Past participle
Masculine	contemplado			contemplados
Feminine	contemplada			contempladas
Indicative
Present	contemplo	contemplas	contempla	contemplamos	contemplais	contemplam
Imperfect	contemplava	contemplavas	contemplava	contemplávamos	contempláveis	contemplavam
Preterite	contemplei	contemplaste	contemplou	contemplamos1, contemplámos2	contemplastes	contemplaram
Pluperfect	contemplara	contemplaras	contemplara	contempláramos	contempláreis	contemplaram
Future	contemplarei	contemplarás	contemplará	contemplaremos	contemplareis	contemplarão
Conditional	contemplaria	contemplarias	contemplaria	contemplaríamos	contemplaríeis	contemplariam
Subjunctive
Present	contemple	contemples	contemple	contemplemos	contempleis	contemplem
Imperfect	contemplasse	contemplasses	contemplasse	contemplássemos	contemplásseis	contemplassem
Future	contemplar	contemplares	contemplar	contemplarmos	contemplardes	contemplarem
Imperative
Affirmative		contempla	contemple	contemplemos	contemplai	contemplem
Negative (não)		não contemples	não contemple	não contemplemos	não contempleis	não contemplem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• contemplação
• contemplativo

Further reading

• “contemplar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “contemplar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romansh

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contemplāre.

Verb

contemplar

1. (Sursilvan, Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) to contemplate
2. (Sursilvan, Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) to observe

   Synonym: vurdar (Sutsilvan; Surmiran)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contemplar (Sursilvan)

infinitive			contemplar
gerund			contemplond
past participle			contemplau
	singular			plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative	jeu	ti	el/ella	nus	vus	els/ellas
present	contemplel	contemplas	contempla	contemplein	contempleis	contemplan
imperfect	contemplavel	contemplavas	contemplava	contemplavan	contemplavas	contemplavan
future	vegnel a contemplar	vegns a contemplar	vegn a contemplar	vegnin a contemplar	vegnis a contemplar	vegnan a contemplar
conditional	jeu	ti	el/ella	nus	vus	els/ellas
direct present	contemplass	contemplasses	contemplass	contemplassen	contemplasses	contemplassen
indirect present	contemplassi	contemplassies	contemplassi	contemplassien	contemplassies	contemplassien
direct future	vegness a contemplar	vegnesses a contemplar	vegness a contemplar	vegnessen a contemplar	vegnesses a contemplar	vegnessen a contemplar
indirect future	vegnessi a contemplar	vegnessies a contemplar	vegnessi a contemplar	vegnessien a contemplar	vegnessies a contemplar	vegnessien a contemplar
subjunctive	che jeu	che ti	ch'el/ch'ella	che nus	che vus	ch'els/ch'ellas
present	contempli	contemplies	contempli	contempleien	contempleies	contemplien
past	contemplavi	contemplavies	contemplavi	contemplavien	contemplavies	contemplavien
future	vegni a contemplar	vegnies a contemplar	vegni a contemplar	vegnîen a contemplar	vegnîes a contemplar	vegnien a contemplar
imperative	—	ti	—	—	vus	—
		contempla			contemplei

    Conjugation of contemplar (Grischun)

infinitive			contemplar
gerund			contemplond
past participle			contemplà, contemplada
	singular			plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative	jeu	ti	el/ella	nus	vus	els/ellas
present	contempl, contemplel	contemplas	contempla	contemplain	contemplais	contemplan
imperfect	contemplava	contemplavas	contemplava	contemplavan	contemplavas	contemplavan
future	vegnel a contemplar	vegns a contemplar	vegn a contemplar	vegnin a contemplar	vegnis a contemplar	vegnan a contemplar
conditional	jeu	ti	el/ella	nus	vus	els/ellas
present	contemplass	contemplasses	contemplass	contemplassen	contemplasses	contemplassen
future	vegness a contemplar	vegnesses a contemplar	vegness a contemplar	vegnessen a contemplar	vegnesses a contemplar	vegnessen a contemplar
subjunctive	che jeu	che ti	ch'el/ch'ella	che nus	che vus	ch'els/ch'ellas
present	contemplia	contemplias	contemplia	contemplian	contemplias	contemplian
future	vegni a contemplar	vegnies a contemplar	vegni a contemplar	vegnîen a contemplar	vegnîes a contemplar	vegnien a contemplar
imperative	—	ti	—	—	vus	—
		contempla			contemplai

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin templum

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin contemplārebor.

Spanish contemplar

Borrowed from Latin contemplāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontemˈplaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ẽmˈplaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tem‧plar

Verb

contemplar (first-person singular present contemplo, first-person singular preterite contemplé, past participle contemplado)

1. to contemplate
2. to behold
3. to regard
4. (neologism) to envisage
5. (neologism, anglicism) to foresee, anticipate, prevent

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contemplar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			contemplar
gerund			contemplando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contemplado		contemplada
		plural		contemplados		contempladas
		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	contemplo	contemplastú contemplásvos	contempla	contemplamos	contempláis	contemplan
	imperfect	contemplaba	contemplabas	contemplaba	contemplábamos	contemplabais	contemplaban
	preterite	contemplé	contemplaste	contempló	contemplamos	contemplasteis	contemplaron
	future	contemplaré	contemplarás	contemplará	contemplaremos	contemplaréis	contemplarán
	conditional	contemplaría	contemplarías	contemplaría	contemplaríamos	contemplaríais	contemplarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contemple	contemplestú contemplésvos2	contemple	contemplemos	contempléis	contemplen
	imperfect (ra)	contemplara	contemplaras	contemplara	contempláramos	contemplarais	contemplaran
	imperfect (se)	contemplase	contemplases	contemplase	contemplásemos	contemplaseis	contemplasen
	future1	contemplare	contemplares	contemplare	contempláremos	contemplareis	contemplaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		contemplatú contemplávos	contemple	contemplemos	contemplad	contemplen
	negative		no contemples	no contemple	no contemplemos	no contempléis	no contemplen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of contemplar

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 contemplar	dative	contemplarme	contemplarte	contemplarle, contemplarse	contemplarnos	contemplaros	contemplarles, contemplarse
	accusative	contemplarme	contemplarte	contemplarlo, contemplarla, contemplarse	contemplarnos	contemplaros	contemplarlos, contemplarlas, contemplarse
with gerund contemplando	dative	contemplándome	contemplándote	contemplándole, contemplándose	contemplándonos	contemplándoos	contemplándoles, contemplándose
	accusative	contemplándome	contemplándote	contemplándolo, contemplándola, contemplándose	contemplándonos	contemplándoos	contemplándolos, contemplándolas, contemplándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative contempla	dative	contémplame	contémplate	contémplale	contémplanos	not used	contémplales
	accusative	contémplame	contémplate	contémplalo, contémplala	contémplanos	not used	contémplalos, contémplalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative contemplá	dative	contemplame	contemplate	contemplale	contemplanos	not used	contemplales
	accusative	contemplame	contemplate	contemplalo, contemplala	contemplanos	not used	contemplalos, contemplalas
with formal second-person singular imperative contemple	dative	contémpleme	not used	contémplele, contémplese	contémplenos	not used	contémpleles
	accusative	contémpleme	not used	contémplelo, contémplela, contémplese	contémplenos	not used	contémplelos, contémplelas
with first-person plural imperative contemplemos	dative	not used	contemplémoste	contemplémosle	contemplémonos	contemplémoos	contemplémosles
	accusative	not used	contemplémoste	contemplémoslo, contemplémosla	contemplémonos	contemplémoos	contemplémoslos, contemplémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contemplad	dative	contempladme	not used	contempladle	contempladnos	contemplaos	contempladles
	accusative	contempladme	not used	contempladlo, contempladla	contempladnos	contemplaos	contempladlos, contempladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contemplen	dative	contémplenme	not used	contémplenle	contémplennos	not used	contémplenles, contémplense
	accusative	contémplenme	not used	contémplenlo, contémplenla	contémplennos	not used	contémplenlos, contémplenlas, contémplense

Related terms

• contemplación
• contemplador
• contemplativo

Further reading

• “contemplar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025