acontentar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ contento +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /akontenˈtaɾ/ [a.kõn̪.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧con‧ten‧tar

Verb

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acontentar (first-person singular present acontento, first-person singular preterite acontenté, past participle acontentado)

  1. (transitive) to make happy; to please
    • 2017 January 23, Neus Tomàs, “Tensión en el Govern: "Nosotros ya sacrificamos a Mas"”, in El Periódico (Spanish)[1]:
      Otra cosa es que política (y electoralmente) todos los partidos intentan acontentar a su electorado.
      Another thing is that politically (and electorally) all parties want to please their electorate.

Conjugation

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