contestar
Aragonese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin contestārī (“to call to witness”).
Verb
[edit]contestar
- to answer (make a reply or response to)
- to answer back
Conjugation
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[edit]Asturian
[edit]Verb
[edit]contestar (first-person singular indicative present contesto, past participle contestáu)
- to answer (make a reply or response to)
- to answer back
Conjugation
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin contestārī.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [kun.təsˈta]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kon.təsˈta]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kon.tesˈtaɾ]
- Homophone: contestà
Verb
[edit]contestar (first-person singular present contesto, first-person singular preterite contestí, past participle contestat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/ (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “contestar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “contestar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “contestar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “contestar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin contestārī.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: con‧tes‧tar
Verb
[edit]contestar (first-person singular present contesto, first-person singular preterite contestei, past participle contestado)
- (transitive) to challenge, dispute
- (transitive) to contest
- (transitive) to contradict
- (intransitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Conjugation
[edit]1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
[edit]- “contestar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “contestar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “contestar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “contestar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “contestar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “contestar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin contestārī (“to call to witness”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kontesˈtaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪esˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: con‧tes‧tar
Verb
[edit]contestar (first-person singular present contesto, first-person singular preterite contesté, past participle contestado)
Usage notes
[edit]- Contestar is a false friend, and does not mean "to contest". The words for "to contest" in Spanish are contender, concursar.
Conjugation
[edit]These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “contestar”, 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
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