contribuir

Borrowed from Latin contribuĕre (“to contribute, bring together”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Homophone: contribuí
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

contribuir (first-person singular present contribueixo, first-person singular preterite contribuí, past participle contribuït)

1. to contribute

• contribuent

• contribució

• “contribuir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
• “contribuir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “contribuir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “contribuir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

First known attestation 1336. Borrowed from Latin contribuō.

contribuir

1. to contribute

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Learned borrowing from Latin contribuĕre (“to contribute, to bring together”).

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Hyphenation: con‧tri‧bu‧ir

contribuir (first-person singular present contribuo, first-person singular preterite contribuí, past participle contribuído)

1. to contribute
2. to subscribe

Borrowed from Latin contribuĕre (“to contribute, to bring together”).

• IPA^(key): /kontɾiˈbwiɾ/

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tri‧buir

contribuir (first-person singular present contribuyo, first-person singular preterite contribuí, past participle contribuido)

1. to contribute

• “contribuir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10