contraer

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin contrahere. Cognate with English contract.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kontɾaˈeɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾaˈeɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧tra‧er

Verb

contraer (first-person singular present contraigo, first-person singular preterite contraje, past participle contraído)

  1. to contract, to get, to catch, to develop (e.g. a disease, illness or infection)
  2. to incur, to get in, to get into (debt)
  3. to enter into, to undertake (e.g. an agreement, a commitment, a marriage, an engagement, obligations)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of contraer (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive contraer
gerund contrayendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular contraído contraída
plural contraídos contraídas
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 contraigo contraestú
contraésvos		 contrae contraemos contraéis contraen
imperfect contraía contraías contraía contraíamos contraíais contraían
preterite contraje contrajiste contrajo contrajimos contrajisteis contrajeron
future contraeré contraerás contraerá contraeremos contraeréis contraerán
conditional contraería contraerías contraería contraeríamos contraeríais contraerían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present contraiga contraigastú
contraigásvos2		 contraiga contraigamos contraigáis contraigan
imperfect
(ra)		 contrajera contrajeras contrajera contrajéramos contrajerais contrajeran
imperfect
(se)		 contrajese contrajeses contrajese contrajésemos contrajeseis contrajesen
future1 contrajere contrajeres contrajere contrajéremos contrajereis contrajeren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative contraetú
contraévos		 contraiga contraigamos contraed contraigan
negative no contraigas no contraiga no contraigamos no contraigáis no contraigan

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

    Selected combined forms of contraer (irregular)

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 contraer
dative contraerme contraerte contraerle, contraerse contraernos contraeros contraerles, contraerse
accusative contraerme contraerte contraerlo, contraerla, contraerse contraernos contraeros contraerlos, contraerlas, contraerse
with gerund contrayendo
dative contrayéndome contrayéndote contrayéndole, contrayéndose contrayéndonos contrayéndoos contrayéndoles, contrayéndose
accusative contrayéndome contrayéndote contrayéndolo, contrayéndola, contrayéndose contrayéndonos contrayéndoos contrayéndolos, contrayéndolas, contrayéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contrae
dative contráeme contráete contráele contráenos not used contráeles
accusative contráeme contráete contráelo, contráela contráenos not used contráelos, contráelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contraé
dative contraeme contraete contraele contraenos not used contraeles
accusative contraeme contraete contraelo, contraela contraenos not used contraelos, contraelas
with formal second-person singular imperative contraiga
dative contráigame not used contráigale, contráigase contráiganos not used contráigales
accusative contráigame not used contráigalo, contráigala, contráigase contráiganos not used contráigalos, contráigalas
with first-person plural imperative contraigamos
dative not used contraigámoste contraigámosle contraigámonos contraigámoos contraigámosles
accusative not used contraigámoste contraigámoslo, contraigámosla contraigámonos contraigámoos contraigámoslos, contraigámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contraed
dative contraedme not used contraedle contraednos contraeos contraedles
accusative contraedme not used contraedlo, contraedla contraednos contraeos contraedlos, contraedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contraigan
dative contráiganme not used contráiganle contráigannos not used contráiganles, contráiganse
accusative contráiganme not used contráiganlo, contráiganla contráigannos not used contráiganlos, contráiganlas, contráiganse

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