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Gerund: contestando

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular contestado contestada
Plural contestados contestadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo contesto contestaba contesté contestaré contestaría
tú contestas contestabas contestaste contestarás contestarías
él/ella/Ud. contesta contestaba contestó contestará contestaría
nosotros contestamos contestábamos contestamos contestaremos contestaríamos
vosotros contestáis contestabais contestasteis contestaréis contestaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. contestan contestaban contestaron contestarán contestarían
vos contestás contestabas contestaste contestarás contestarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo conteste contestara contestase contestare
tú contestes contestaras contestases contestares
él/ella/Ud. conteste contestara contestase contestare
nosotros contestemos contestáramos contestásemos contestáremos
vosotros contestéis contestarais contestaseis contestareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. contesten contestaran contestasen contestaren
vos contestés contestaras contestases contestares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú contesta no contestes
Ud. conteste no conteste
nosotros contestemos no contestemos
vosotros contestad no contestéis
Uds. contesten no contesten
vos contestá no contestes

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Para mi sorpresa, ella no pudo contestar a la pregunta.

    To my surprise, she could not answer the question.

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  • Sea lo que te pregunte, no deberías contestar.

    Whatever he asks you, you mustn't answer.

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  • Ella se levantó para contestar al teléfono.

    She got up to answer the phone.

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  • ¿Podría alguien contestar el teléfono?

    Can someone answer the telephone?

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  • ¿Debo contestar en inglés?

    Must I answer in English?

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  • No tienes derecho a contestar.

    You have no right to answer.

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  • Me niego a contestar a esa pregunta.

    I refuse to answer the question.

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  • Ningún estudiante podía contestar a la pregunta.

    No students could answer the question.

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  • Cuando pregunté al estudiante universitario si asistía regularmente a la facultad, no supo qué contestar.

    When I asked the college student if he regularly attended his school, he was at a loss for an answer.

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  • Parece que Tom no quiere contestar esta pregunta.

    Tom doesn't seem to want to answer this question.

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