contrahacer

Spanish

Etymology

From contra (“against”) +‎ hacer (“to make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kontɾaaˈθeɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.aˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kontɾaaˈseɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.aˈseɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧ha‧cer

Verb

contrahacer (first-person singular present contrahago, first-person singular preterite contrahíce, past participle contrahecho)

1. (transitive) to counterfeit, to fake or imitate
2. (reflexive) to pretend to be

   Synonym: fingir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contrahacer (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			contrahacer
gerund			contrahaciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contrahecho		contrahecha
		plural		contrahechos		contrahechas
		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	contrahago	contrahacestú contrahacésvos	contrahace	contrahacemos	contrahacéis	contrahacen
	imperfect	contrahacía	contrahacías	contrahacía	contrahacíamos	contrahacíais	contrahacían
	preterite	contrahíce	contrahiciste	contrahízo	contrahicimos	contrahicisteis	contrahicieron
	future	contraharé	contraharás	contrahará	contraharemos	contraharéis	contraharán
	conditional	contraharía	contraharías	contraharía	contraharíamos	contraharíais	contraharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contrahaga	contrahagastú contrahagásvos2	contrahaga	contrahagamos	contrahagáis	contrahagan
	imperfect (ra)	contrahiciera	contrahicieras	contrahiciera	contrahiciéramos	contrahicierais	contrahicieran
	imperfect (se)	contrahiciese	contrahicieses	contrahiciese	contrahiciésemos	contrahicieseis	contrahiciesen
	future1	contrahiciere	contrahicieres	contrahiciere	contrahiciéremos	contrahiciereis	contrahicieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		contrahaztú contrahacévos	contrahaga	contrahagamos	contrahaced	contrahagan
	negative		no contrahagas	no contrahaga	no contrahagamos	no contrahagáis	no contrahagan

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

Further reading

• “contrahacer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10