contravenir

Catalan

Alternative forms

• contravindre

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contrāvenīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌkɔn.tɾə.βəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌkɔn.tɾə.vəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˌkon.tɾa.veˈniɾ]

Verb

contravenir (first-person singular present contravinc, first-person singular preterite contravinguí, past participle contravingut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

1. to contravene

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contravenir (third conjugation, without -eix-, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			contravenir
gerund			contravenint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contravingut		contravinguda
		plural		contravinguts		contravingudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	contravinc	contravens	contravé	contravenim	contraveniu	contravenen
	imperfect	contravenia	contravenies	contravenia	contraveníem	contraveníeu	contravenien
	future	contravindré	contravindràs	contravindrà	contravindrem	contravindreu	contravindran
	preterite	contravinguí	contravingueres	contravingué	contravinguérem	contravinguéreu	contravingueren
	conditional	contravindria	contravindries	contravindria	contravindríem	contravindríeu	contravindrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	contravingui	contravinguis	contravingui	contravinguem	contravingueu	contravinguin
	imperfect	contravingués	contravinguessis	contravingués	contravinguéssim	contravinguéssiu	contravinguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	contravén	contravingui	contravinguem	contraveniu	contravinguin
	negative (no)	—	no contravinguis	no contravingui	no contravinguem	no contravingueu	no contravinguin

Related terms

• contraventor

Further reading

• “contravenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “contravenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “contravenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “contravenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin contrāveniō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontɾabeˈniɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.β̞eˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧ve‧nir

Verb

contravenir (first-person singular present contravengo, first-person singular preterite contravine, past participle contravenido)

1. (transitive) to contravene

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contravenir (irregular; e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			contravenir
gerund			contraviniendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contravenido		contravenida
		plural		contravenidos		contravenidas
		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	contravengo	contravienestú contravenísvos	contraviene	contravenimos	contravenís	contravienen
	imperfect	contravenía	contravenías	contravenía	contraveníamos	contraveníais	contravenían
	preterite	contravine	contraviniste	contravino	contravinimos	contravinisteis	contravinieron
	future	contravendré	contravendrás	contravendrá	contravendremos	contravendréis	contravendrán
	conditional	contravendría	contravendrías	contravendría	contravendríamos	contravendríais	contravendrían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contravenga	contravengastú contravengásvos2	contravenga	contravengamos	contravengáis	contravengan
	imperfect (ra)	contraviniera	contravinieras	contraviniera	contraviniéramos	contravinierais	contravinieran
	imperfect (se)	contraviniese	contravinieses	contraviniese	contraviniésemos	contravinieseis	contraviniesen
	future1	contraviniere	contravinieres	contraviniere	contraviniéremos	contraviniereis	contravinieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		contravéntú contravenívos	contravenga	contravengamos	contravenid	contravengan
	negative		no contravengas	no contravenga	no contravengamos	no contravengáis	no contravengan

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

    Selected combined forms of contravenir (irregular; e-ie-i alternation)

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 contravenir
	dative	contravenirme	contravenirte	contravenirle, contravenirse	contravenirnos	contraveniros	contravenirles, contravenirse
	accusative	contravenirme	contravenirte	contravenirlo, contravenirla, contravenirse	contravenirnos	contraveniros	contravenirlos, contravenirlas, contravenirse
with gerund contraviniendo
	dative	contraviniéndome	contraviniéndote	contraviniéndole, contraviniéndose	contraviniéndonos	contraviniéndoos	contraviniéndoles, contraviniéndose
	accusative	contraviniéndome	contraviniéndote	contraviniéndolo, contraviniéndola, contraviniéndose	contraviniéndonos	contraviniéndoos	contraviniéndolos, contraviniéndolas, contraviniéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contravén
	dative	contravenme	contravente	contravenle	contravennos	not used	contravenles
	accusative	contravenme	contravente	contravenlo, contravenla	contravennos	not used	contravenlos, contravenlas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contravení
	dative	contravenime	contravenite	contravenile	contraveninos	not used	contraveniles
	accusative	contravenime	contravenite	contravenilo, contravenila	contraveninos	not used	contravenilos, contravenilas
with formal second-person singular imperative contravenga
	dative	contravéngame	not used	contravéngale, contravéngase	contravénganos	not used	contravéngales
	accusative	contravéngame	not used	contravéngalo, contravéngala, contravéngase	contravénganos	not used	contravéngalos, contravéngalas
with first-person plural imperative contravengamos
	dative	not used	contravengámoste	contravengámosle	contravengámonos	contravengámoos	contravengámosles
	accusative	not used	contravengámoste	contravengámoslo, contravengámosla	contravengámonos	contravengámoos	contravengámoslos, contravengámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contravenid
	dative	contravenidme	not used	contravenidle	contravenidnos	contraveníos	contravenidles
	accusative	contravenidme	not used	contravenidlo, contravenidla	contravenidnos	contraveníos	contravenidlos, contravenidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contravengan
	dative	contravénganme	not used	contravénganle	contravéngannos	not used	contravénganles, contravénganse
	accusative	contravénganme	not used	contravénganlo, contravénganla	contravéngannos	not used	contravénganlos, contravénganlas, contravénganse

Related terms

• contravención
• contraventor

 

Further reading

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