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Contestar (to answer) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Contestar (to answer) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Verbo (Verb)

Conjugation of contestar (to answer) for all verb tenses.

Level: A2

Module 4: Trabajar y estudiar (Work and study)

Lesson 25: Contrátame (Hire me)

Non-personal forms (Formas no personales)

Infinitivo (Infinitive) Gerundio (Gerund) Participio (Participle)
Contestar (to answer) Contestando (Answering) Contestado (Answered)

Contestar (to answer): All conjugations for all verb tenses

Indicativo (Indicative) Subjuntivo (Subjunctive)

Presente (Present)

  • yo contesto I answer
  • tú contestas You answer
  • él/ella contesta he/she answers
  • nosotros/nosotras contestamos we answer
  • vosotros/vosotras contestáis you answer
  • ellos/ellas contestan They answer

Pretérito perfecto (Present Perfect)

  • yo he contestado I have answered
  • tú has contestado You have answered
  • él/ella ha contestado He/She has answered
  • nosotros/nosotras hemos contestado We have answered
  • vosotros/vosotras habéis contestado You have answered
  • ellos/ellas han contestado They have answered

Subjuntivo presente (Present subjunctive)

  • yo conteste I answer
  • tú contestes you answer
  • él/ella conteste he/she answers
  • nosotros/nosotras contestemos we answer
  • vosotros/vosotras contestéis you answer
  • ellos/ellas contesten they answer

Subjuntivo pretérito perfecto (Past Perfect Subjunctive)

  • yo haya contestado I have answered
  • tú hayas contestado you have answered
  • él/ella haya contestado he/she has answered
  • nosotros/nosotras hayamos contestado we have answered
  • vosotros/vosotras hayáis contestado you have answered
  • ellos/ellas hayan contestado they have answered

Pretérito imperfecto (Imperfect Past)

  • yo contestaba I was answering
  • tú contestabas You were answering
  • él/ella contestaba he answered
  • nosotros/nosotras contestábamos we answered
  • vosotros/vosotras contestabais you (plural) used to answer
  • ellos/ellas contestaban They answered

Pretérito pluscuamperfecto (Past Perfect)

  • yo había contestado I had answered
  • tú habías contestado you had answered
  • él/ella había contestado he/she had answered
  • nosotros/nosotras habíamos contestado We had answered
  • vosotros/vosotras habíais contestado You had answered
  • ellos/ellas habían contestado they had answered

Subjuntivo pretérito imperfecto (Subjunctive past imperfect)

  • yo contestara/contestase I would answer
  • tú contestaras/contestases You would answer
  • él/ella contestara/contestase he would answer
  • nosotros/nosotras contestáramos/contestásemos we answered
  • vosotros/vosotras contestarais/contestaseis you all would answer
  • ellos/ellas contestaran/contestasen they would answer

Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto (Past perfect subjunctive)

  • yo hubiera/hubiese contestado I would have answered
  • tú hubieras/hubieses contestado You had answered
  • él/ella hubiera/hubiese contestado he had answered
  • nosotros/nosotras hubiéramos/hubiésemos contestado we would have answered
  • vosotros/vosotras hubierais/hubieseis contestado you would have answered
  • ellos/ellas hubieran/hubiesen contestado they had answered

Pretérito indefinido (Simple Past)

  • yo contesté I answered
  • tú contestaste You answered
  • él/ella contestó he/she answered
  • nosotros/nosotras contestamos We answered
  • vosotros/vosotras contestasteis you answered
  • ellos/ellas contestaron They answered

Pretérito anterior (Preterite Anterior)

  • yo pretérito anterior (compuesto) I had answered
  • tú hube contestado You had answered
  • él/ella hubiste contestado he/she had answered
  • nosotros/nosotras hubo contestado we had answered
  • vosotros/vosotras hubimos contestado you had answered
  • ellos/ellas hubisteis contestado they had answered

Subjuntivo futuro simple (Future subjunctive simple)

  • yo contestare I will answer
  • tú contestares you will answer
  • él/ella contestare he/she will answer
  • nosotros/nosotras contestáremos we will answer
  • vosotros/vosotras contestareis You (plural) will answer
  • ellos/ellas contestaren they would answer

Subjuntivo futuro perfecto (Future perfect subjunctive)

  • yo hubiere contestado I will have answered
  • tú hubieres contestado you will have answered
  • él/ella hubiere contestado he/she will have answered
  • nosotros/nosotras hubiéremos contestado we will have answered
  • vosotros/vosotras hubiereis contestado you will have answered
  • ellos/ellas hubieren contestado they will have answered

Futuro simple (Simple Future)

  • yo contestaré I will answer
  • tú contestarás You will answer
  • él/ella contestará he/she will answer
  • nosotros/nosotras contestaremos We will answer
  • vosotros/vosotras contestaréis You all will answer
  • ellos/ellas contestarán They will answer

Futuro perfecto (Future Perfect)

  • yo habré contestado I will have answered
  • tú habrás contestado You will have answered
  • él/ella habrá contestado He/She will have answered
  • nosotros/nosotras habremos contestado we will have answered
  • vosotros/vosotras habréis contestado You will have answered
  • ellos/ellas habrán contestado They will have answered
Imperativo (Imperative)

Imperativo (Imperative)

  • ¡Contesta! You answer
  • ¡Conteste! He/she answer
  • ¡Contestemos! Let's answer!
  • ¡Contestad! You all answer
  • ¡Contesten! They answer

Imperativo negativo (Negative Imperative)

  • No conteste! You do not answer
  • No contestes! Do not answer!
  • No conteste! You do not answer
  • No contestemos! Let's not answer!
  • No contestéis! Don't answer!

Condicional simple (Simple Conditional)

  • yo contestaría I would answer
  • tú contestarías You would answer
  • él/ella contestaría he/she would answer
  • nosotros/nosotras contestaríamos We would answer
  • vosotros/vosotras contestaríais You would answer
  • ellos/ellas contestarían they would answer

Condicional perfecto (Past Perfect)

  • yo habría contestado I would have answered
  • tú habrías contestado You would have answered
  • él/ella habría contestado He/she would have answered
  • nosotros/nosotras habríamos contestado we would have answered
  • vosotros/vosotras habríais contestado You would have answered
  • ellos/ellas habrían contestado they would have answered