contesta

See also: contestá and contestà

Asturian

Verb

contesta

1. inflection of contestar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Catalan

Verb

contesta

1. inflection of contestar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tɛs.ta/

Verb

contesta

1. third-person singular past historic of contester

Anagrams

• constate, constaté, contâtes

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtɛs.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛsta
• Hyphenation: con‧tè‧sta

Verb

contesta

1. inflection of contestare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• constate, contaste, costante, scontate

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: con‧tes‧ta
• Rhymes: -ɛstɐ

Verb

contesta

1. inflection of contestar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French contester, from Latin contestari.

Verb

a contesta (third-person singular present contestă, past participle contestat, third-person subjunctive conteste) 1st conjugation

1. to contest, to challenge

Conjugation

    conjugation of contesta (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a contesta
gerund			contestând
past participle			contestat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	contest	contești	contestă	contestăm	contestați	contestă
	imperfect	contestam	contestai	contesta	contestam	contestați	contestau
	simple perfect	contestai	contestași	contestă	contestarăm	contestarăți	contestară
	pluperfect	contestasem	contestaseși	contestase	contestaserăm	contestaserăți	contestaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să contest	să contești	să conteste	să contestăm	să contestați	să conteste
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		contestă			contestați
	negative		nu contesta			nu contestați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtesta/ [kõn̪ˈt̪es.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -esta
• Syllabification: con‧tes‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from contestar.

Noun

contesta f (plural contestas)

1. (Canary Islands, Latin America) answer; reply
2. (New Mexico) contest

Etymology 2

Verb

contesta

1. inflection of contestar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “contesta”, 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
• “contesta”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010