contratar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contractāre, or from contrato +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: con‧tra‧tar

Verb

contratar (first-person singular present contrato, first-person singular preterite contratei, past participle contratado)

  1. to contract, hire

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contratar (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 contratar
Personal contratar contratares contratar contratarmos contratardes contratarem
Gerund
contratando
Past participle
Masculine contratado contratados
Feminine contratada contratadas
Indicative
Present contrato contratas contrata contratamos contratais contratam
Imperfect contratava contratavas contratava contratávamos contratáveis contratavam
Preterite contratei contrataste contratou contratamos1, contratámos2 contratastes contrataram
Pluperfect contratara contrataras contratara contratáramos contratáreis contrataram
Future contratarei contratarás contratará contrataremos contratareis contratarão
Conditional contrataria contratarias contrataria contrataríamos contrataríeis contratariam
Subjunctive
Present contrate contrates contrate contratemos contrateis contratem
Imperfect contratasse contratasses contratasse contratássemos contratásseis contratassem
Future contratar contratares contratar contratarmos contratardes contratarem
Imperative
Affirmative contrata contrate contratemos contratai contratem
Negative (não) não contrates não contrate não contratemos não contrateis não contratem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contractāre, or from contrato +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kontɾaˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧tra‧tar

Verb

contratar (first-person singular present contrato, first-person singular preterite contraté, past participle contratado)

  1. to contract, to take on
    Synonym: contraer
  2. to hire

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contratar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive contratar
gerund contratando
past participle masculine feminine
singular contratado contratada
plural contratados contratadas
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 contrato contratastú
contratásvos 		contrata contratamos contratáis contratan
imperfect contrataba contratabas contrataba contratábamos contratabais contrataban
preterite contraté contrataste contrató contratamos contratasteis contrataron
future contrataré contratarás contratará contrataremos contrataréis contratarán
conditional contrataría contratarías contrataría contrataríamos contrataríais contratarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present contrate contratestú
contratésvos2 		contrate contratemos contratéis contraten
imperfect
(ra) 		contratara contrataras contratara contratáramos contratarais contrataran
imperfect
(se) 		contratase contratases contratase contratásemos contrataseis contratasen
future1 contratare contratares contratare contratáremos contratareis contrataren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative contratatú
contratávos 		contrate contratemos contratad contraten
negative no contrates no contrate no contratemos no contratéis no contraten

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

    Selected combined forms of contratar

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 contratar
dative contratarme contratarte contratarle, contratarse contratarnos contrataros contratarles, contratarse
accusative contratarme contratarte contratarlo, contratarla, contratarse contratarnos contrataros contratarlos, contratarlas, contratarse
with gerund contratando
dative contratándome contratándote contratándole, contratándose contratándonos contratándoos contratándoles, contratándose
accusative contratándome contratándote contratándolo, contratándola, contratándose contratándonos contratándoos contratándolos, contratándolas, contratándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contrata
dative contrátame contrátate contrátale contrátanos not used contrátales
accusative contrátame contrátate contrátalo, contrátala contrátanos not used contrátalos, contrátalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contratá
dative contratame contratate contratale contratanos not used contratales
accusative contratame contratate contratalo, contratala contratanos not used contratalos, contratalas
with formal second-person singular imperative contrate
dative contráteme not used contrátele, contrátese contrátenos not used contráteles
accusative contráteme not used contrátelo, contrátela, contrátese contrátenos not used contrátelos, contrátelas
with first-person plural imperative contratemos
dative not used contratémoste contratémosle contratémonos contratémoos contratémosles
accusative not used contratémoste contratémoslo, contratémosla contratémonos contratémoos contratémoslos, contratémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contratad
dative contratadme not used contratadle contratadnos contrataos contratadles
accusative contratadme not used contratadlo, contratadla contratadnos contrataos contratadlos, contratadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contraten
dative contrátenme not used contrátenle contrátennos not used contrátenles, contrátense
accusative contrátenme not used contrátenlo, contrátenla contrátennos not used contrátenlos, contrátenlas, contrátense

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