contratacar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontɾataˈkaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.t̪aˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧ta‧car

Verb

contratacar (first-person singular present contrataco, first-person singular preterite contrataqué, past participle contratacado)

1. Alternative form of contraatacar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			contratacar
gerund			contratacando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contratacado		contratacada
		plural		contratacados		contratacadas
		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	contrataco	contratacastú contratacásvos	contrataca	contratacamos	contratacáis	contratacan
	imperfect	contratacaba	contratacabas	contratacaba	contratacábamos	contratacabais	contratacaban
	preterite	contrataqué	contratacaste	contratacó	contratacamos	contratacasteis	contratacaron
	future	contratacaré	contratacarás	contratacará	contratacaremos	contratacaréis	contratacarán
	conditional	contratacaría	contratacarías	contratacaría	contratacaríamos	contratacaríais	contratacarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contrataque	contrataquestú contrataquésvos2	contrataque	contrataquemos	contrataquéis	contrataquen
	imperfect (ra)	contratacara	contratacaras	contratacara	contratacáramos	contratacarais	contratacaran
	imperfect (se)	contratacase	contratacases	contratacase	contratacásemos	contratacaseis	contratacasen
	future1	contratacare	contratacares	contratacare	contratacáremos	contratacareis	contratacaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		contratacatú contratacávos	contrataque	contrataquemos	contratacad	contrataquen
	negative		no contrataques	no contrataque	no contrataquemos	no contrataquéis	no contrataquen

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

    Selected combined forms of contratacar (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 contratacar
	dative	contratacarme	contratacarte	contratacarle, contratacarse	contratacarnos	contratacaros	contratacarles, contratacarse
	accusative	contratacarme	contratacarte	contratacarlo, contratacarla, contratacarse	contratacarnos	contratacaros	contratacarlos, contratacarlas, contratacarse
with gerund contratacando
	dative	contratacándome	contratacándote	contratacándole, contratacándose	contratacándonos	contratacándoos	contratacándoles, contratacándose
	accusative	contratacándome	contratacándote	contratacándolo, contratacándola, contratacándose	contratacándonos	contratacándoos	contratacándolos, contratacándolas, contratacándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contrataca
	dative	contratácame	contratácate	contratácale	contratácanos	not used	contratácales
	accusative	contratácame	contratácate	contratácalo, contratácala	contratácanos	not used	contratácalos, contratácalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contratacá
	dative	contratacame	contratacate	contratacale	contratacanos	not used	contratacales
	accusative	contratacame	contratacate	contratacalo, contratacala	contratacanos	not used	contratacalos, contratacalas
with formal second-person singular imperative contrataque
	dative	contratáqueme	not used	contratáquele, contratáquese	contratáquenos	not used	contratáqueles
	accusative	contratáqueme	not used	contratáquelo, contratáquela, contratáquese	contratáquenos	not used	contratáquelos, contratáquelas
with first-person plural imperative contrataquemos
	dative	not used	contrataquémoste	contrataquémosle	contrataquémonos	contrataquémoos	contrataquémosles
	accusative	not used	contrataquémoste	contrataquémoslo, contrataquémosla	contrataquémonos	contrataquémoos	contrataquémoslos, contrataquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contratacad
	dative	contratacadme	not used	contratacadle	contratacadnos	contratacaos	contratacadles
	accusative	contratacadme	not used	contratacadlo, contratacadla	contratacadnos	contratacaos	contratacadlos, contratacadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contrataquen
	dative	contratáquenme	not used	contratáquenle	contratáquennos	not used	contratáquenles, contratáquense
	accusative	contratáquenme	not used	contratáquenlo, contratáquenla	contratáquennos	not used	contratáquenlos, contratáquenlas, contratáquense

Further reading

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