contentar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese contentar, from contento (“content; satisfied”).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: con‧ten‧tar

Verb

contentar (first-person singular present contento, first-person singular preterite contentei, past participle contentado)

  1. (transitive) to content; to satisfy (to make content)
    Synonym: satisfazer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contentar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal contentar
Personal contentar contentares contentar contentarmos contentardes contentarem
Gerund
contentando
Past participle
Masculine contentado contentados
Feminine contentada contentadas
Indicative
Present contento contentas contenta contentamos contentais contentam
Imperfect contentava contentavas contentava contentávamos contentáveis contentavam
Preterite contentei contentaste contentou contentamos1, contentámos2 contentastes contentaram
Pluperfect contentara contentaras contentara contentáramos contentáreis contentaram
Future contentarei contentarás contentará contentaremos contentareis contentarão
Conditional contentaria contentarias contentaria contentaríamos contentaríeis contentariam
Subjunctive
Present contente contentes contente contentemos contenteis contentem
Imperfect contentasse contentasses contentasse contentássemos contentásseis contentassem
Future contentar contentares contentar contentarmos contentardes contentarem
Imperative
Affirmative contenta contente contentemos contentai contentem
Negative (não) não contentes não contente não contentemos não contenteis não contentem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

contentar (first-person singular present contento, first-person singular preterite contenté, past participle contentado)

  1. (transitive) to please
  2. (reflexive) to make do, settle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive contentar
gerund contentando
past participle masculine feminine
singular contentado contentada
plural contentados contentadas
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 contento contentastú
contentásvos 		contenta contentamos contentáis contentan
imperfect contentaba contentabas contentaba contentábamos contentabais contentaban
preterite contenté contentaste contentó contentamos contentasteis contentaron
future contentaré contentarás contentará contentaremos contentaréis contentarán
conditional contentaría contentarías contentaría contentaríamos contentaríais contentarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present contente contentestú
contentésvos2 		contente contentemos contentéis contenten
imperfect
(ra) 		contentara contentaras contentara contentáramos contentarais contentaran
imperfect
(se) 		contentase contentases contentase contentásemos contentaseis contentasen
future1 contentare contentares contentare contentáremos contentareis contentaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative contentatú
contentávos 		contente contentemos contentad contenten
negative no contentes no contente no contentemos no contentéis no contenten

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

    Selected combined forms of contentar

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 contentar
dative contentarme contentarte contentarle, contentarse contentarnos contentaros contentarles, contentarse
accusative contentarme contentarte contentarlo, contentarla, contentarse contentarnos contentaros contentarlos, contentarlas, contentarse
with gerund contentando
dative contentándome contentándote contentándole, contentándose contentándonos contentándoos contentándoles, contentándose
accusative contentándome contentándote contentándolo, contentándola, contentándose contentándonos contentándoos contentándolos, contentándolas, contentándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contenta
dative conténtame conténtate conténtale conténtanos not used conténtales
accusative conténtame conténtate conténtalo, conténtala conténtanos not used conténtalos, conténtalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contentá
dative contentame contentate contentale contentanos not used contentales
accusative contentame contentate contentalo, contentala contentanos not used contentalos, contentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative contente
dative conténteme not used conténtele, conténtese conténtenos not used conténteles
accusative conténteme not used conténtelo, conténtela, conténtese conténtenos not used conténtelos, conténtelas
with first-person plural imperative contentemos
dative not used contentémoste contentémosle contentémonos contentémoos contentémosles
accusative not used contentémoste contentémoslo, contentémosla contentémonos contentémoos contentémoslos, contentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contentad
dative contentadme not used contentadle contentadnos contentaos contentadles
accusative contentadme not used contentadlo, contentadla contentadnos contentaos contentadlos, contentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contenten
dative conténtenme not used conténtenle conténtennos not used conténtenles, conténtense
accusative conténtenme not used conténtenlo, conténtenla conténtennos not used conténtenlos, conténtenlas, conténtense

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