contentar

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tẽˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.tẽˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.tẽˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.tẽˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.tẽˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tẽˈta(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tẽˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tẽˈta.ɾi/

Hyphenation: con‧ten‧tar

Verb

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

(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/ [kõn̪.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: con‧ten‧tar

Verb

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

(transitive) to please
(reflexive) to make do, settle

Conjugation

Conjugation of contentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			contentar
gerund			contentando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contentado		contentada
		plural		contentados		contentadas
		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	contentas^{^tú} contentás^{^vos}	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	contentes^{^tú} contentés^{^vos²}	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		contenta^{^tú} contentá^{^vos}	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
with infinitive contentar	accusative	contentarme	contentarte	contentarlo, contentarla, contentarse	contentarnos	contentaros	contentarlos, contentarlas, contentarse

with gerund contentando	dative	contentándome	contentándote	contentándole, contentándose	contentándonos	contentándoos	contentándoles, contentándose
with gerund contentando	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
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contenta	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
with formal second-person singular imperative contente	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
with first-person plural imperative contentemos	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
with informal second-person plural imperative contentad	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
with formal second-person plural imperative contenten	accusative	conténtenme	not used	conténtenlo, conténtenla	conténtennos	not used	conténtenlos, conténtenlas, conténtense

Derived terms

contentamiento

contentar

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