contraindicar

Catalan

Etymology

From contra- +‎ indicar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌkɔn.tɾə.in.diˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌkon.tɾa.in.diˈkaɾ]

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Verb

contraindicar (first-person singular present contraindico, first-person singular preterite contraindiquí, past participle contraindicat)

1. (medicine) to contraindicate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contraindicar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			contraindicar
gerund			contraindicant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contraindicat		contraindicada
		plural		contraindicats		contraindicades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	contraindico	contraindiques	contraindica	contraindiquem	contraindiqueu	contraindiquen
	imperfect	contraindicava	contraindicaves	contraindicava	contraindicàvem	contraindicàveu	contraindicaven
	future	contraindicaré	contraindicaràs	contraindicarà	contraindicarem	contraindicareu	contraindicaran
	preterite	contraindiquí	contraindicares	contraindicà	contraindicàrem	contraindicàreu	contraindicaren
	conditional	contraindicaria	contraindicaries	contraindicaria	contraindicaríem	contraindicaríeu	contraindicarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	contraindiqui	contraindiquis	contraindiqui	contraindiquem	contraindiqueu	contraindiquin
	imperfect	contraindiqués	contraindiquessis	contraindiqués	contraindiquéssim	contraindiquéssiu	contraindiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	contraindica	contraindiqui	contraindiquem	contraindiqueu	contraindiquin
	negative (no)	—	no contraindiquis	no contraindiqui	no contraindiquem	no contraindiqueu	no contraindiquin

References

• “contraindicar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “contraindicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “contraindicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “contraindicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From contra- +‎ indicar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkõ.tɾa.ĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ˌkõ.tɾa.ĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkõ.tɾa.ĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ˌkõ.tɾa.ĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌkõ.tɾa.ĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌkõ.tɾa.ĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ˌkõ.tɾa.ĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkõ.tɾa.ĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkõ.tɾɐ.ĩ.diˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkõ.tɾɐ.ĩ.diˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkõ.tɾɐ.ĩ.diˈka.ɾi/

Verb

contraindicar (first-person singular present contraindico, first-person singular preterite contraindiquei, past participle contraindicado)

1. (medicine) to contraindicate

   Este medicamento é contraindicado durante a gravidez.

   This medicine is contraindicated during pregnancy.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contraindicar (c-qu alternation) (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	contraindicar
Personal	contraindicar	contraindicares	contraindicar	contraindicarmos	contraindicardes	contraindicarem
Gerund
	contraindicando
Past participle
Masculine	contraindicado			contraindicados
Feminine	contraindicada			contraindicadas
Indicative
Present	contraindico	contraindicas	contraindica	contraindicamos	contraindicais	contraindicam
Imperfect	contraindicava	contraindicavas	contraindicava	contraindicávamos	contraindicáveis	contraindicavam
Preterite	contraindiquei	contraindicaste	contraindicou	contraindicamos1, contraindicámos2	contraindicastes	contraindicaram
Pluperfect	contraindicara	contraindicaras	contraindicara	contraindicáramos	contraindicáreis	contraindicaram
Future	contraindicarei	contraindicarás	contraindicará	contraindicaremos	contraindicareis	contraindicarão
Conditional	contraindicaria	contraindicarias	contraindicaria	contraindicaríamos	contraindicaríeis	contraindicariam
Subjunctive
Present	contraindique	contraindiques	contraindique	contraindiquemos	contraindiqueis	contraindiquem
Imperfect	contraindicasse	contraindicasses	contraindicasse	contraindicássemos	contraindicásseis	contraindicassem
Future	contraindicar	contraindicares	contraindicar	contraindicarmos	contraindicardes	contraindicarem
Imperative
Affirmative		contraindica	contraindique	contraindiquemos	contraindicai	contraindiquem
Negative (não)		não contraindiques	não contraindique	não contraindiquemos	não contraindiqueis	não contraindiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• contraindicação

Spanish

Etymology

From contra- +‎ indicar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkontɾaindiˈkaɾ/ [ˌkõn̪.t̪ɾa.ĩn̪.d̪iˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧in‧di‧car

Verb

contraindicar (first-person singular present contraindico, first-person singular preterite contraindiqué, past participle contraindicado)

1. (medicine) to contraindicate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contraindicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			contraindicar
gerund			contraindicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contraindicado		contraindicada
		plural		contraindicados		contraindicadas
		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	contraindico	contraindicastú contraindicásvos	contraindica	contraindicamos	contraindicáis	contraindican
	imperfect	contraindicaba	contraindicabas	contraindicaba	contraindicábamos	contraindicabais	contraindicaban
	preterite	contraindiqué	contraindicaste	contraindicó	contraindicamos	contraindicasteis	contraindicaron
	future	contraindicaré	contraindicarás	contraindicará	contraindicaremos	contraindicaréis	contraindicarán
	conditional	contraindicaría	contraindicarías	contraindicaría	contraindicaríamos	contraindicaríais	contraindicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contraindique	contraindiquestú contraindiquésvos2	contraindique	contraindiquemos	contraindiquéis	contraindiquen
	imperfect (ra)	contraindicara	contraindicaras	contraindicara	contraindicáramos	contraindicarais	contraindicaran
	imperfect (se)	contraindicase	contraindicases	contraindicase	contraindicásemos	contraindicaseis	contraindicasen
	future1	contraindicare	contraindicares	contraindicare	contraindicáremos	contraindicareis	contraindicaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		contraindicatú contraindicávos	contraindique	contraindiquemos	contraindicad	contraindiquen
	negative		no contraindiques	no contraindique	no contraindiquemos	no contraindiquéis	no contraindiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of contraindicar (c-qu alternation)

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 contraindicar	dative	contraindicarme	contraindicarte	contraindicarle, contraindicarse	contraindicarnos	contraindicaros	contraindicarles, contraindicarse
	accusative	contraindicarme	contraindicarte	contraindicarlo, contraindicarla, contraindicarse	contraindicarnos	contraindicaros	contraindicarlos, contraindicarlas, contraindicarse
with gerund contraindicando	dative	contraindicándome	contraindicándote	contraindicándole, contraindicándose	contraindicándonos	contraindicándoos	contraindicándoles, contraindicándose
	accusative	contraindicándome	contraindicándote	contraindicándolo, contraindicándola, contraindicándose	contraindicándonos	contraindicándoos	contraindicándolos, contraindicándolas, contraindicándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contraindica	dative	contraindícame	contraindícate	contraindícale	contraindícanos	not used	contraindícales
	accusative	contraindícame	contraindícate	contraindícalo, contraindícala	contraindícanos	not used	contraindícalos, contraindícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contraindicá	dative	contraindicame	contraindicate	contraindicale	contraindicanos	not used	contraindicales
	accusative	contraindicame	contraindicate	contraindicalo, contraindicala	contraindicanos	not used	contraindicalos, contraindicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative contraindique	dative	contraindíqueme	not used	contraindíquele, contraindíquese	contraindíquenos	not used	contraindíqueles
	accusative	contraindíqueme	not used	contraindíquelo, contraindíquela, contraindíquese	contraindíquenos	not used	contraindíquelos, contraindíquelas
with first-person plural imperative contraindiquemos	dative	not used	contraindiquémoste	contraindiquémosle	contraindiquémonos	contraindiquémoos	contraindiquémosles
	accusative	not used	contraindiquémoste	contraindiquémoslo, contraindiquémosla	contraindiquémonos	contraindiquémoos	contraindiquémoslos, contraindiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contraindicad	dative	contraindicadme	not used	contraindicadle	contraindicadnos	contraindicaos	contraindicadles
	accusative	contraindicadme	not used	contraindicadlo, contraindicadla	contraindicadnos	contraindicaos	contraindicadlos, contraindicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contraindiquen	dative	contraindíquenme	not used	contraindíquenle	contraindíquennos	not used	contraindíquenles, contraindíquense
	accusative	contraindíquenme	not used	contraindíquenlo, contraindíquenla	contraindíquennos	not used	contraindíquenlos, contraindíquenlas, contraindíquense

Further reading

• “contraindicar”, 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