contecer

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *contingēscere, inchoative of Latin contingō (“to touch; to arrive at”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /konteˈθeɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪eˈθeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /konteˈseɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪eˈseɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧te‧cer

Verb

contecer (first-person singular present contezco, first-person singular preterite contecí, past participle contecido)

  1. Obsolete form of acontecer.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of contecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive contecer
gerund conteciendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular contecido contecida
plural contecidos contecidas
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 contezco contecestú
contecésvos		 contece contecemos contecéis contecen
imperfect contecía contecías contecía contecíamos contecíais contecían
preterite contecí conteciste conteció contecimos contecisteis contecieron
future conteceré contecerás contecerá conteceremos conteceréis contecerán
conditional contecería contecerías contecería conteceríamos conteceríais contecerían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present contezca contezcastú
contezcásvos2		 contezca contezcamos contezcáis contezcan
imperfect
(ra)		 conteciera contecieras conteciera conteciéramos contecierais contecieran
imperfect
(se)		 conteciese contecieses conteciese conteciésemos contecieseis conteciesen
future1 conteciere contecieres conteciere conteciéremos conteciereis contecieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative contecetú
contecévos		 contezca contezcamos conteced contezcan
negative no contezcas no contezca no contezcamos no contezcáis no contezcan

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

    Selected combined forms of contecer (c-zc alternation)

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 contecer
dative contecerme contecerte contecerle, contecerse contecernos conteceros contecerles, contecerse
accusative contecerme contecerte contecerlo, contecerla, contecerse contecernos conteceros contecerlos, contecerlas, contecerse
with gerund conteciendo
dative conteciéndome conteciéndote conteciéndole, conteciéndose conteciéndonos conteciéndoos conteciéndoles, conteciéndose
accusative conteciéndome conteciéndote conteciéndolo, conteciéndola, conteciéndose conteciéndonos conteciéndoos conteciéndolos, conteciéndolas, conteciéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contece
dative contéceme contécete contécele contécenos not used contéceles
accusative contéceme contécete contécelo, contécela contécenos not used contécelos, contécelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contecé
dative conteceme contecete contecele contecenos not used conteceles
accusative conteceme contecete contecelo, contecela contecenos not used contecelos, contecelas
with formal second-person singular imperative contezca
dative contézcame not used contézcale, contézcase contézcanos not used contézcales
accusative contézcame not used contézcalo, contézcala, contézcase contézcanos not used contézcalos, contézcalas
with first-person plural imperative contezcamos
dative not used contezcámoste contezcámosle contezcámonos contezcámoos contezcámosles
accusative not used contezcámoste contezcámoslo, contezcámosla contezcámonos contezcámoos contezcámoslos, contezcámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative conteced
dative contecedme not used contecedle contecednos conteceos contecedles
accusative contecedme not used contecedlo, contecedla contecednos conteceos contecedlos, contecedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contezcan
dative contézcanme not used contézcanle contézcannos not used contézcanles, contézcanse
accusative contézcanme not used contézcanlo, contézcanla contézcannos not used contézcanlos, contézcanlas, contézcanse

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