contemplar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contemplāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
contemplar (first-person singular present contemplo, first-person singular preterite contemplí, past participle contemplat)
- (transitive) to contemplate
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “contemplar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “contemplar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “contemplar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “contemplar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin contemplō, contemplāre.
Verb
contemplar (first-person singular present contemplo, first-person singular preterite contemplei, past participle contemplado)
- (transitive) to contemplate
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Related terms
Further reading
- “contemplar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- “contemplar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Interlingua
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contemplāre.
Pronunciation
- (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)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tẽˈpla(ɻ)/
- (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)
- (transitive) to behold (to look at with awe)
- to contemplate (think about something in a concentrated manner)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
Romansch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contemplāre, present active infinitive of contemplō.
Verb
contemplar
- (Sursilvan, Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) to contemplate
- (Sursilvan, Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) to observe
- Synonym: vurdar (Sutsilvan; Surmiran)
Conjugation
infinitive | contemplar | |||||
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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 |
infinitive | contemplar | |||||
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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
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)
- to contemplate
- to behold
- to regard
- (neologism) to envisage
- (neologism, anglicism) to foresee, anticipate, prevent
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 tú 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 vos 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
Further reading
- “contemplar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014