contornear

Spanish

Alternative forms

• contornar

Etymology

From contorno +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontoɾneˈaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪oɾ.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tor‧ne‧ar

Verb

contornear (first-person singular present contorneo, first-person singular preterite contorneé, past participle contorneado)

1. to contour; outline
2. to go round

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contornear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			contornear
gerund			contorneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contorneado		contorneada
		plural		contorneados		contorneadas
		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	contorneo	contorneastú contorneásvos	contornea	contorneamos	contorneáis	contornean
	imperfect	contorneaba	contorneabas	contorneaba	contorneábamos	contorneabais	contorneaban
	preterite	contorneé	contorneaste	contorneó	contorneamos	contorneasteis	contornearon
	future	contornearé	contornearás	contorneará	contornearemos	contornearéis	contornearán
	conditional	contornearía	contornearías	contornearía	contornearíamos	contornearíais	contornearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contornee	contorneestú contorneésvos2	contornee	contorneemos	contorneéis	contorneen
	imperfect (ra)	contorneara	contornearas	contorneara	contorneáramos	contornearais	contornearan
	imperfect (se)	contornease	contorneases	contornease	contorneásemos	contorneaseis	contorneasen
	future1	contorneare	contorneares	contorneare	contorneáremos	contorneareis	contornearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		contorneatú contorneávos	contornee	contorneemos	contornead	contorneen
	negative		no contornees	no contornee	no contorneemos	no contorneéis	no contorneen

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

    Selected combined forms of contornear

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 contornear
	dative	contornearme	contornearte	contornearle, contornearse	contornearnos	contornearos	contornearles, contornearse
	accusative	contornearme	contornearte	contornearlo, contornearla, contornearse	contornearnos	contornearos	contornearlos, contornearlas, contornearse
with gerund contorneando
	dative	contorneándome	contorneándote	contorneándole, contorneándose	contorneándonos	contorneándoos	contorneándoles, contorneándose
	accusative	contorneándome	contorneándote	contorneándolo, contorneándola, contorneándose	contorneándonos	contorneándoos	contorneándolos, contorneándolas, contorneándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contornea
	dative	contornéame	contornéate	contornéale	contornéanos	not used	contornéales
	accusative	contornéame	contornéate	contornéalo, contornéala	contornéanos	not used	contornéalos, contornéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contorneá
	dative	contorneame	contorneate	contorneale	contorneanos	not used	contorneales
	accusative	contorneame	contorneate	contornealo, contorneala	contorneanos	not used	contornealos, contornealas
with formal second-person singular imperative contornee
	dative	contornéeme	not used	contornéele, contornéese	contornéenos	not used	contornéeles
	accusative	contornéeme	not used	contornéelo, contornéela, contornéese	contornéenos	not used	contornéelos, contornéelas
with first-person plural imperative contorneemos
	dative	not used	contorneémoste	contorneémosle	contorneémonos	contorneémoos	contorneémosles
	accusative	not used	contorneémoste	contorneémoslo, contorneémosla	contorneémonos	contorneémoos	contorneémoslos, contorneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contornead
	dative	contorneadme	not used	contorneadle	contorneadnos	contorneaos	contorneadles
	accusative	contorneadme	not used	contorneadlo, contorneadla	contorneadnos	contorneaos	contorneadlos, contorneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contorneen
	dative	contornéenme	not used	contornéenle	contornéennos	not used	contornéenles, contornéense
	accusative	contornéenme	not used	contornéenlo, contornéenla	contornéennos	not used	contornéenlos, contornéenlas, contornéense

Further reading

• “contornear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28