contendre

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin contendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kunˈte̞n.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [konˈten.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [kunˈten.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [konˈten.dɾe]

Verb

contendre (first-person singular present contenc, first-person singular preterite contenguí, past participle contès); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. to fight, to quarrel

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of contendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			contendre
gerund			contenent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contès		contesa
		plural		contesos		conteses
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	contenc	contens	contén	contenem	conteneu	contenen
	imperfect	contenia	contenies	contenia	conteníem	conteníeu	contenien
	future	contendré	contendràs	contendrà	contendrem	contendreu	contendran
	preterite	contenguí	contengueres	contengué	contenguérem	contenguéreu	contengueren
	conditional	contendria	contendries	contendria	contendríem	contendríeu	contendrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	contengui	contenguis	contengui	contenguem	contengueu	contenguin
	imperfect	contengués	contenguessis	contengués	contenguéssim	contenguéssiu	contenguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	contén	contengui	contenguem	conteneu	contenguin
	negative (no)	—	no contenguis	no contengui	no contenguem	no contengueu	no contenguin

Related terms

• contenció

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “contendre”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)