acontentar

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Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ contento +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akontenˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧con‧ten‧tar

Verb

acontentar (first-person singular present acontento, first-person singular preterite acontenté, past participle acontentado)

  1. (transitive) to make happy; to please
    • 2017 January 23, Neus Tomàs, “Tensión en el Govern: "Nosotros ya sacrificamos a Mas"”, in El Periódico (Spanish)‎:
      Otra cosa es que política (y electoralmente) todos los partidos intentan acontentar a su electorado.
      Another thing is that politically (and electorally) all parties want to please their electorate.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acontentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive acontentar
gerund acontentando
past participle masculine feminine
singular acontentado acontentada
plural acontentados acontentadas
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 acontento acontentastú
acontentásvos 		acontenta acontentamos acontentáis acontentan
imperfect acontentaba acontentabas acontentaba acontentábamos acontentabais acontentaban
preterite acontenté acontentaste acontentó acontentamos acontentasteis acontentaron
future acontentaré acontentarás acontentará acontentaremos acontentaréis acontentarán
conditional acontentaría acontentarías acontentaría acontentaríamos acontentaríais acontentarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present acontente acontentestú
acontentésvos2 		acontente acontentemos acontentéis acontenten
imperfect
(ra) 		acontentara acontentaras acontentara acontentáramos acontentarais acontentaran
imperfect
(se) 		acontentase acontentases acontentase acontentásemos acontentaseis acontentasen
future1 acontentare acontentares acontentare acontentáremos acontentareis acontentaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative acontentatú
acontentávos 		acontente acontentemos acontentad acontenten
negative no acontentes no acontente no acontentemos no acontentéis no acontenten

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

    Selected combined forms of acontentar

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 acontentar
dative acontentarme acontentarte acontentarle, acontentarse acontentarnos acontentaros acontentarles, acontentarse
accusative acontentarme acontentarte acontentarlo, acontentarla, acontentarse acontentarnos acontentaros acontentarlos, acontentarlas, acontentarse
with gerund acontentando
dative acontentándome acontentándote acontentándole, acontentándose acontentándonos acontentándoos acontentándoles, acontentándose
accusative acontentándome acontentándote acontentándolo, acontentándola, acontentándose acontentándonos acontentándoos acontentándolos, acontentándolas, acontentándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative acontenta
dative aconténtame aconténtate aconténtale aconténtanos not used aconténtales
accusative aconténtame aconténtate aconténtalo, aconténtala aconténtanos not used aconténtalos, aconténtalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative acontentá
dative acontentame acontentate acontentale acontentanos not used acontentales
accusative acontentame acontentate acontentalo, acontentala acontentanos not used acontentalos, acontentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative acontente
dative aconténteme not used aconténtele, aconténtese aconténtenos not used aconténteles
accusative aconténteme not used aconténtelo, aconténtela, aconténtese aconténtenos not used aconténtelos, aconténtelas
with first-person plural imperative acontentemos
dative not used acontentémoste acontentémosle acontentémonos acontentémoos acontentémosles
accusative not used acontentémoste acontentémoslo, acontentémosla acontentémonos acontentémoos acontentémoslos, acontentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acontentad
dative acontentadme not used acontentadle acontentadnos acontentaos acontentadles
accusative acontentadme not used acontentadlo, acontentadla acontentadnos acontentaos acontentadlos, acontentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acontenten
dative aconténtenme not used aconténtenle aconténtennos not used aconténtenles, aconténtense
accusative aconténtenme not used aconténtenlo, aconténtenla aconténtennos not used aconténtenlos, aconténtenlas, aconténtense
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