contrastar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contrastāre. First attested in the 14th century.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [kun.tɾəsˈta]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kon.tɾəsˈta]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kon.tɾasˈtaɾ]
Verb
contrastar (first-person singular present contrasto, first-person singular preterite contrastí, past participle contrastat)
Conjugation
Conjugation of contrastar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
- contrast
- contrastable
- contrastació
- contrastament
- contrastant
- contrastia
Related terms
- contrastiu
References
- ^ “contrastar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
Further reading
- “contrastar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “contrastar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “contrastar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian contrastare, from Latin contrāstāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾasˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾasˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾasˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾaʃˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾaʃˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾasˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾɐʃˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾɐʃˈta.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: con‧tras‧tar
Verb
contrastar (first-person singular present contrasto, first-person singular preterite contrastei, past participle contrastado)
- (transitive) to contrast (set in opposition in order to show the difference between)
Conjugation
Conjugation of contrastar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “contrastar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin contrastāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kontɾasˈtaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾasˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: con‧tras‧tar
Verb
contrastar (first-person singular present contrasto, first-person singular preterite contrasté, past participle contrastado)
- to contrast
- to resist
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 244:
- El que una una gallina cante como gallo, es señal de qe morirá alguna persona en la casa. Otros dicen qe el agüero puede contrastarse, matando la gallina y comiéndosela en cazuela.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of contrastar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of contrastar
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 contrastar | dative | contrastarme | contrastarte | contrastarle, contrastarse | contrastarnos | contrastaros | contrastarles, contrastarse |
| accusative | contrastarme | contrastarte | contrastarlo, contrastarla, contrastarse | contrastarnos | contrastaros | contrastarlos, contrastarlas, contrastarse | |
| with gerund contrastando | dative | contrastándome | contrastándote | contrastándole, contrastándose | contrastándonos | contrastándoos | contrastándoles, contrastándose |
| accusative | contrastándome | contrastándote | contrastándolo, contrastándola, contrastándose | contrastándonos | contrastándoos | contrastándolos, contrastándolas, contrastándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative contrasta | dative | contrástame | contrástate | contrástale | contrástanos | not used | contrástales |
| accusative | contrástame | contrástate | contrástalo, contrástala | contrástanos | not used | contrástalos, contrástalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative contrastá | dative | contrastame | contrastate | contrastale | contrastanos | not used | contrastales |
| accusative | contrastame | contrastate | contrastalo, contrastala | contrastanos | not used | contrastalos, contrastalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative contraste | dative | contrásteme | not used | contrástele, contrástese | contrástenos | not used | contrásteles |
| accusative | contrásteme | not used | contrástelo, contrástela, contrástese | contrástenos | not used | contrástelos, contrástelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative contrastemos | dative | not used | contrastémoste | contrastémosle | contrastémonos | contrastémoos | contrastémosles |
| accusative | not used | contrastémoste | contrastémoslo, contrastémosla | contrastémonos | contrastémoos | contrastémoslos, contrastémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative contrastad | dative | contrastadme | not used | contrastadle | contrastadnos | contrastaos | contrastadles |
| accusative | contrastadme | not used | contrastadlo, contrastadla | contrastadnos | contrastaos | contrastadlos, contrastadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative contrasten | dative | contrástenme | not used | contrástenle | contrástennos | not used | contrástenles, contrástense |
| accusative | contrástenme | not used | contrástenlo, contrástenla | contrástennos | not used | contrástenlos, contrástenlas, contrástense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “contrastar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024