contactar

Catalan

Etymology

From contacte +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.təkˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.təkˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kon.takˈtaɾ]

Verb

contactar (first-person singular present contacto, first-person singular preterite contactí, past participle contactat)

1. to contact [with amb]

   Com puc contactar amb vosaltres? ― How can I contact you?

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contactar (first conjugation)

infinitive			contactar
gerund			contactant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contactat		contactada
		plural		contactats		contactades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	contacto	contactes	contacta	contactem	contacteu	contacten
	imperfect	contactava	contactaves	contactava	contactàvem	contactàveu	contactaven
	future	contactaré	contactaràs	contactarà	contactarem	contactareu	contactaran
	preterite	contactí	contactares	contactà	contactàrem	contactàreu	contactaren
	conditional	contactaria	contactaries	contactaria	contactaríem	contactaríeu	contactarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	contacti	contactis	contacti	contactem	contacteu	contactin
	imperfect	contactés	contactessis	contactés	contactéssim	contactéssiu	contactessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	contacta	contacti	contactem	contacteu	contactin
	negative (no)	—	no contactis	no contacti	no contactem	no contacteu	no contactin

Related terms

• contacte

Further reading

• “contactar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “contactar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “contactar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• contatar (Brazil)

Etymology

From contacto (“contact”) +‎ -ar, from Latin contāctus (“touch, contact”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.takˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.takˈta(h)], /kõ.ta.kiˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.ta.kiˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.takˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.takˈta(h)], /kõ.ta.kiˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.ta.kiˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.takˈta(ɾ)/, /kõ.ta.kiˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.takˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.takˈta(χ)], /kõ.ta.kiˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.ta.kiˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.takˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɐˈktaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɐˈktaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɐˈkta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: con‧tac‧tar

Verb

contactar (first-person singular present contacto, first-person singular preterite contactei, past participle contactado) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to contact (establish communication with) [transitive or with com ‘someone’]

   Synonym: entrar em contacto

   Como é que o posso contactar? ― How can I reach you?

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contactar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	contactar
Personal	contactar	contactares	contactar	contactarmos	contactardes	contactarem
Gerund
	contactando
Past participle
Masculine	contactado			contactados
Feminine	contactada			contactadas
Indicative
Present	contacto	contactas	contacta	contactamos	contactais	contactam
Imperfect	contactava	contactavas	contactava	contactávamos	contactáveis	contactavam
Preterite	contactei	contactaste	contactou	contactamos1, contactámos2	contactastes	contactaram
Pluperfect	contactara	contactaras	contactara	contactáramos	contactáreis	contactaram
Future	contactarei	contactarás	contactará	contactaremos	contactareis	contactarão
Conditional	contactaria	contactarias	contactaria	contactaríamos	contactaríeis	contactariam
Subjunctive
Present	contacte	contactes	contacte	contactemos	contacteis	contactem
Imperfect	contactasse	contactasses	contactasse	contactássemos	contactásseis	contactassem
Future	contactar	contactares	contactar	contactarmos	contactardes	contactarem
Imperative
Affirmative		contacta	contacte	contactemos	contactai	contactem
Negative (não)		não contactes	não contacte	não contactemos	não contacteis	não contactem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• contacto

Further reading

• “contactar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “contactar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “contactar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “contactar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “contactar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From contacto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontaɡˈtaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪aɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tac‧tar

Verb

contactar (first-person singular present contacto, first-person singular preterite contacté, past participle contactado)

1. (intransitive) to contact, to reach out to [with con ‘someone’]

   Contactaré contigo.

   I'll contact you.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contactar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			contactar
gerund			contactando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contactado		contactada
		plural		contactados		contactadas
		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	contacto	contactastú contactásvos	contacta	contactamos	contactáis	contactan
	imperfect	contactaba	contactabas	contactaba	contactábamos	contactabais	contactaban
	preterite	contacté	contactaste	contactó	contactamos	contactasteis	contactaron
	future	contactaré	contactarás	contactará	contactaremos	contactaréis	contactarán
	conditional	contactaría	contactarías	contactaría	contactaríamos	contactaríais	contactarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contacte	contactestú contactésvos2	contacte	contactemos	contactéis	contacten
	imperfect (ra)	contactara	contactaras	contactara	contactáramos	contactarais	contactaran
	imperfect (se)	contactase	contactases	contactase	contactásemos	contactaseis	contactasen
	future1	contactare	contactares	contactare	contactáremos	contactareis	contactaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		contactatú contactávos	contacte	contactemos	contactad	contacten
	negative		no contactes	no contacte	no contactemos	no contactéis	no contacten

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

    Selected combined forms of contactar

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 contactar
	dative	contactarme	contactarte	contactarle, contactarse	contactarnos	contactaros	contactarles, contactarse
	accusative	contactarme	contactarte	contactarlo, contactarla, contactarse	contactarnos	contactaros	contactarlos, contactarlas, contactarse
with gerund contactando
	dative	contactándome	contactándote	contactándole, contactándose	contactándonos	contactándoos	contactándoles, contactándose
	accusative	contactándome	contactándote	contactándolo, contactándola, contactándose	contactándonos	contactándoos	contactándolos, contactándolas, contactándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contacta
	dative	contáctame	contáctate	contáctale	contáctanos	not used	contáctales
	accusative	contáctame	contáctate	contáctalo, contáctala	contáctanos	not used	contáctalos, contáctalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contactá
	dative	contactame	contactate	contactale	contactanos	not used	contactales
	accusative	contactame	contactate	contactalo, contactala	contactanos	not used	contactalos, contactalas
with formal second-person singular imperative contacte
	dative	contácteme	not used	contáctele, contáctese	contáctenos	not used	contácteles
	accusative	contácteme	not used	contáctelo, contáctela, contáctese	contáctenos	not used	contáctelos, contáctelas
with first-person plural imperative contactemos
	dative	not used	contactémoste	contactémosle	contactémonos	contactémoos	contactémosles
	accusative	not used	contactémoste	contactémoslo, contactémosla	contactémonos	contactémoos	contactémoslos, contactémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contactad
	dative	contactadme	not used	contactadle	contactadnos	contactaos	contactadles
	accusative	contactadme	not used	contactadlo, contactadla	contactadnos	contactaos	contactadlos, contactadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contacten
	dative	contáctenme	not used	contáctenle	contáctennos	not used	contáctenles, contáctense
	accusative	contáctenme	not used	contáctenlo, contáctenla	contáctennos	not used	contáctenlos, contáctenlas, contáctense

Related terms

• contacto

 

Further reading

• “contactar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28