Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | contraigo | |
| tú | contraes | |
| él / ella / usted | contrae | |
| nosotros / nosotras | contraemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | contraéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | contraen |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | contraje | |
| tú | contrajiste | |
| él / ella / usted | contrajo | |
| nosotros / nosotras | contrajimos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | contrajisteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | contrajeron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | contraía | |
| tú | contraías | |
| él / ella / usted | contraía | |
| nosotros / nosotras | contraíamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | contraíais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | contraían |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | contraeré | |
| tú | contraerás | |
| él / ella / usted | contraerá | |
| nosotros / nosotras | contraeremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | contraeréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | contraerán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | contraería | |
| tú | contraerías | |
| él / ella / usted | contraería | |
| nosotros / nosotras | contraeríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | contraeríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | contraerían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | contraiga | |
| tú | contraigas | |
| él / ella / usted | contraiga | |
| nosotros / nosotras | contraigamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | contraigáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | contraigan |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to contract, to get, to catch, to develop (e.g. a disease, illness or infection)
- to incur, to get in, to get into (debt)
- to enter into, to undertake (e.g. an agreement, a commitment, a marriage, an engagement, obligations)
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations