Contestar (to answer) - Pretérito anterior, indicativo (Anterior preterite, indicative) - Spanish

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

Contestar - Conjugation of to answer in Spanish: Conjugation table, examples and exercises in the anterior preterite, indicative tense (Pretérito anterior, indicativo).

Pretérito anterior, indicativo (Anterior preterite, indicative)

All conjugations and tenses: Contestar (to answer) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Syllabus: Spanish lesson - Contrátame (Hire me)

Conjugation of to answer in Pretérito 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

Example phrases

Cuando llegué a la playa, ya hube contestado todas las preguntas de la examen. When I arrived at the beach, I had already answered all the questions of the exam.
Antes de que salieras de casa, hubiste contestado el teléfono. Before you left the house, you had answered the phone.
Él hubo contestado a la recepcionista antes de que pudiera salir. He had answered the receptionist before she/he could leave.
Nosotros hubimos contestado a todas las preguntas antes de terminar el examen. We had answered all the questions before finishing the exam.
Vosotros hubisteis contestado a los correos antes de salir de la oficina. You had answered the emails before leaving the office.
Ellos hubieron contestado todas las preguntas antes de que la clase terminara. They had answered all the questions before the class ended.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - contestar (to answer)

Instruction: Choose the correct word, read the sentence out loud and translate.

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Contestar (Pretérito anterior, indicativo)

1. Ellos hubieron ... todas las preguntas antes de que la clase terminara.

Ellos hubieron contestado todas las preguntas antes de que la clase terminara.

(They had answered all the questions before the class ended.)

2. Vosotros hubisteis ... a los correos antes de salir de la oficina.

Vosotros hubisteis contestado a los correos antes de salir de la oficina.

(You had answered the emails before leaving the office.)

3. Antes de que salieras de casa, hubiste ... el teléfono.

Antes de que salieras de casa, hubiste contestado el teléfono.

(Before you left the house, you had answered the phone.)

4. Él hubo ... a la recepcionista antes de que pudiera salir.

Él hubo contestado a la recepcionista antes de que pudiera salir.

(He had answered the receptionist before she/he could leave.)

5. Nosotros hubimos ... a todas las preguntas antes de terminar el examen.

Nosotros hubimos contestado a todas las preguntas antes de terminar el examen.

(We had answered all the questions before finishing the exam.)