contristar
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contrīstāre (“to sadden, to depress”). Compare Spanish contristar and French contrister.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾisˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾisˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾisˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾiʃˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾiʃˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾisˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾiʃˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾiʃˈta.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: con‧tris‧tar
Verb
contristar (first-person singular present contristo, first-person singular preterite contristei, past participle contristado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of contristar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin contrīstāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kontɾisˈtaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾisˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: con‧tris‧tar
Verb
contristar (first-person singular present contristo, first-person singular preterite contristé, past participle contristado)
- to sadden
- Synonyms: entristecer, apenar
Conjugation
Conjugation of contristar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
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 | |
Further reading
- “contristar”, 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