contristar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contrīstāre (“to sadden, to depress”). Compare Spanish contristar and French contrister.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: con‧tris‧tar

Verb

contristar (first-person singular present contristo, first-person singular preterite contristei, past participle contristado)

  1. (transitive) to grieve; to sadden

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contristar (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 contristar
Personal contristar contristares contristar contristarmos contristardes contristarem
Gerund
contristando
Past participle
Masculine contristado contristados
Feminine contristada contristadas
Indicative
Present contristo contristas contrista contristamos contristais contristam
Imperfect contristava contristavas contristava contristávamos contristáveis contristavam
Preterite contristei contristaste contristou contristamos1, contristámos2 contristastes contristaram
Pluperfect contristara contristaras contristara contristáramos contristáreis contristaram
Future contristarei contristarás contristará contristaremos contristareis contristarão
Conditional contristaria contristarias contristaria contristaríamos contristaríeis contristariam
Subjunctive
Present contriste contristes contriste contristemos contristeis contristem
Imperfect contristasse contristasses contristasse contristássemos contristásseis contristassem
Future contristar contristares contristar contristarmos contristardes contristarem
Imperative
Affirmative contrista contriste contristemos contristai contristem
Negative (não) não contristes não contriste não contristemos não contristeis não contristem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin contrīstāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kontɾisˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧tris‧tar

Verb

contristar (first-person singular present contristo, first-person singular preterite contristé, past participle contristado)

  1. to sadden

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contristar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive contristar
gerund contristando
past participle masculine feminine
singular contristado contristada
plural contristados contristadas
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 contristo contristastú
contristásvos 		contrista contristamos contristáis contristan
imperfect contristaba contristabas contristaba contristábamos contristabais contristaban
preterite contristé contristaste contristó contristamos contristasteis contristaron
future contristaré contristarás contristará contristaremos contristaréis contristarán
conditional contristaría contristarías contristaría contristaríamos contristaríais contristarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present contriste contristestú
contristésvos2 		contriste contristemos contristéis contristen
imperfect
(ra) 		contristara contristaras contristara contristáramos contristarais contristaran
imperfect
(se) 		contristase contristases contristase contristásemos contristaseis contristasen
future1 contristare contristares contristare contristáremos contristareis contristaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative contristatú
contristávos 		contriste contristemos contristad contristen
negative no contristes no contriste no contristemos no contristéis no contristen

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

    Selected combined forms of contristar

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 contristar
dative contristarme contristarte contristarle, contristarse contristarnos contristaros contristarles, contristarse
accusative contristarme contristarte contristarlo, contristarla, contristarse contristarnos contristaros contristarlos, contristarlas, contristarse
with gerund contristando
dative contristándome contristándote contristándole, contristándose contristándonos contristándoos contristándoles, contristándose
accusative contristándome contristándote contristándolo, contristándola, contristándose contristándonos contristándoos contristándolos, contristándolas, contristándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contrista
dative contrístame contrístate contrístale contrístanos not used contrístales
accusative contrístame contrístate contrístalo, contrístala contrístanos not used contrístalos, contrístalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contristá
dative contristame contristate contristale contristanos not used contristales
accusative contristame contristate contristalo, contristala contristanos not used contristalos, contristalas
with formal second-person singular imperative contriste
dative contrísteme not used contrístele, contrístese contrístenos not used contrísteles
accusative contrísteme not used contrístelo, contrístela, contrístese contrístenos not used contrístelos, contrístelas
with first-person plural imperative contristemos
dative not used contristémoste contristémosle contristémonos contristémoos contristémosles
accusative not used contristémoste contristémoslo, contristémosla contristémonos contristémoos contristémoslos, contristémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contristad
dative contristadme not used contristadle contristadnos contristaos contristadles
accusative contristadme not used contristadlo, contristadla contristadnos contristaos contristadlos, contristadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contristen
dative contrístenme not used contrístenle contrístennos not used contrístenles, contrístense
accusative contrístenme not used contrístenlo, contrístenla contrístennos not used contrístenlos, contrístenlas, contrístense

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