contare

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See also: contaré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin computāre. Compare the doublets computare and compitare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈta.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: con‧tà‧re

Verb

contàre (first-person singular present cónto, first-person singular past historic contài, past participle contàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to count
  2. (transitive) to include
  3. (transitive) to tell (a story)
  4. (intransitive) to count, to matter
  5. (intransitive) to count

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive contàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund contàndo
present participle contànte past participle contàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present cónto cónti cónta contiàmo contàte cóntano
imperfect contàvo contàvi contàva contavàmo contavàte contàvano
past historic contài contàsti contò contàmmo contàste contàrono
future conterò conterài conterà conterémo conteréte conterànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present conterèi conterésti conterèbbe, conterébbe conterémmo conteréste conterèbbero, conterébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present cónti cónti cónti contiàmo contiàte cóntino
imperfect contàssi contàssi contàsse contàssimo contàste contàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
cónta cónti contiàmo contàte cóntino
negative imperative non contàre non cónti non contiàmo non contàte non cóntino

Related terms

Anagrams

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin computāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

contare

  1. to narrate, recount (a story)
  2. to count

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contà (first conjugation)
infinitive contà
gerund contanno
present participle contante
past participle contato
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je/i' tu isso/essa nuje vuje lloro
present conto conte conta contammo contate contano
imperfect contavo contave contava contavamo contavate contavano
passato remòto contaje contaste contaje contajemo contastevo contajeno
future contarraggio contarraje contarrà contarrimmo contarrite contarranno
conditional contarria contarrisse contarria contarrissemo contarrissevo contarriano
compound
tenses 		passato pròssimo Use the present tense of avè plus the past participle
trapasato pròssimo Use the imperfect tense of avè plus the past participle
trapasato remòto Use the passato remòto tense of avè plus the past participle
futuro anteriore Use the future tense of avè plus the past participle
cunnizziunale passato Use the conditional tense of avè plus the past participle
imperfect subjunctive ca je/i' ca tu ca isso/ca essa ca nuje ca vuje ca lloro
contasse contasse contasse contassemo contassevo contassero
imperative - tu isso/essa nuje vuje lloro
conta conta contammo contate conteno

Spanish

Verb

contare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of contar
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