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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin contrāpōnere, present active infinitive of contrāpōnō (“place in opposition”).
Verb
contrapor (first-person singular present contrapoño, first-person singular preterite contrapuxen, past participle contraposto)
contrapor (first-person singular present contraponho, first-person singular preterite contrapugem or contrapus, past participle contraposto, reintegrationist norm)
- to compare
- to set up against, place in opposition
Usage notes
While contrapoñer is the more widespread form of this verb, some Galician-speaking regions favor the form contrapor and the correspondingly different conjugation.
Conjugation
Conjugation of contrapor (irregular)
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person
(eu)
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Second-person
(ti / tu)
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Third-person
(ele / ela / você)
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First-person
(nós)
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Second-person
(vós)
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Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
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| Infinitive
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| Impersonal
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contrapor
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| Personal
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contrapor
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contrapores
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contrapor
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contrapormos
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contrapordes
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contraporem
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| Gerund
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contrapondo
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| Past participle
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| Masculine
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contraposto
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contrapostos
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| Feminine
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contraposta
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contrapostas
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| Indicative
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| Present
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contraponho
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contrapós, contrapões, contrapons1
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contrapom, contrapõe
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contrapomos
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contrapondes
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contraponhem, contrapõem, contrapóm1
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| Imperfect
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contrapunha
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contrapunhas
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contrapunha
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contrapúnhamos
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contrapúnhades, contrapúnheis, contrapúnhais1
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contrapunham
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| Preterite
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contrapugem, contrapus
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contrapugeste, contrapuseste, contrapugeche1
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contrapujo, contrapôs
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contrapugemos, contrapusemos
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contrapugestes, contrapusestes
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contrapugérom, contrapuseram
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| Pluperfect
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contrapugera, contrapusera
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contrapugeras, contrapuseras
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contrapugera, contrapusera
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contrapugéramos, contrapuséramos
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contrapugérades, contrapuséreis, contrapugérais1
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contrapugeram, contrapuseram
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| Future
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contraporei
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contraporás
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contraporá
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contraporemos
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contraporedes, contraporeis
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contraporám, contraporão
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| Conditional
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contraporia
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contraporias
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contraporia
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contraporíamos
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contraporíades, contraporíeis, contraporíais1
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contraporiam
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| Subjunctive
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| Present
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contraponha
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contraponhas
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contraponha
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contraponhamos
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contraponhades, contraponhais
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contraponham
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| Imperfect
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contrapugesse, contrapusesse
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contrapugesses, contrapusesses
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contrapugesse, contrapusesse
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contrapugéssemos, contrapuséssemos
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contrapugéssedes, contrapusésseis
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contrapugessem, contrapusessem
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| Future
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contrapuger, contrapuser
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contrapugeres, contrapuseres
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contrapuger, contrapuser
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contrapugermos, contrapusermos
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contrapugerdes, contrapuserdes
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contrapugerem, contrapuserem
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| Imperative
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| Affirmative
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contrapom, contrapõe
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contraponha
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contraponhamos
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contraponde
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contraponham
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| Negative (nom)
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nom contraponhas
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nom contraponha
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nom contraponhamos
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nom contraponhades, nom contraponhais
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nom contraponham
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Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
From contra- + pôr.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
- Hyphenation: con‧tra‧por
Verb
contrapor (first-person singular present contraponho, first-person singular preterite contrapus, past participle contraposto)
- to oppose to something
- to compare one thing with another
Conjugation
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