contener

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin contineō, continēre. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French contenir.

Verb

contener

  1. to contain
  2. (reflexive, se contener) to behave

References

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin continēre. Cognate with English contain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konteˈneɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧te‧ner

Verb

contener (first-person singular present contengo, first-person singular preterite contuve, past participle contenido)

  1. to contain
  2. to hold
    contener el aliento
    hold one's breath
  3. to restrain, check
  4. to control

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contener (irregular; e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive contener
gerund conteniendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular contenido contenida
plural contenidos contenidas
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 contengo contienestú
contenésvos 		contiene contenemos contenéis contienen
imperfect contenía contenías contenía conteníamos conteníais contenían
preterite contuve contuviste contuvo contuvimos contuvisteis contuvieron
future contendré contendrás contendrá contendremos contendréis contendrán
conditional contendría contendrías contendría contendríamos contendríais contendrían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present contenga contengastú
contengásvos2 		contenga contengamos contengáis contengan
imperfect
(ra) 		contuviera contuvieras contuviera contuviéramos contuvierais contuvieran
imperfect
(se) 		contuviese contuvieses contuviese contuviésemos contuvieseis contuviesen
future1 contuviere contuvieres contuviere contuviéremos contuviereis contuvieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative conténtú
contenévos 		contenga contengamos contened contengan
negative no contengas no contenga no contengamos no contengáis no contengan

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

    Selected combined forms of contener (irregular; e-ie 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 contener dative contenerme contenerte contenerle, contenerse contenernos conteneros contenerles, contenerse
accusative contenerme contenerte contenerlo, contenerla, contenerse contenernos conteneros contenerlos, contenerlas, contenerse
with gerund conteniendo dative conteniéndome conteniéndote conteniéndole, conteniéndose conteniéndonos conteniéndoos conteniéndoles, conteniéndose
accusative conteniéndome conteniéndote conteniéndolo, conteniéndola, conteniéndose conteniéndonos conteniéndoos conteniéndolos, conteniéndolas, conteniéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contén dative contenme contente contenle contennos not used contenles
accusative contenme contente contenlo, contenla contennos not used contenlos, contenlas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contené dative conteneme contenete contenele contenenos not used conteneles
accusative conteneme contenete contenelo, contenela contenenos not used contenelos, contenelas
with formal second-person singular imperative contenga dative conténgame not used conténgale, conténgase conténganos not used conténgales
accusative conténgame not used conténgalo, conténgala, conténgase conténganos not used conténgalos, conténgalas
with first-person plural imperative contengamos dative not used contengámoste contengámosle contengámonos contengámoos contengámosles
accusative not used contengámoste contengámoslo, contengámosla contengámonos contengámoos contengámoslos, contengámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contened dative contenedme not used contenedle contenednos conteneos contenedles
accusative contenedme not used contenedlo, contenedla contenednos conteneos contenedlos, contenedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contengan dative conténganme not used conténganle conténgannos not used conténganles, conténganse
accusative conténganme not used conténganlo, conténganla conténgannos not used conténganlos, conténganlas, conténganse

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