Spanish Verb CONTESTAR - to answer. Regular AR family

Spanish Verb CONTESTAR: to answer

The Spanish verb contestar means 'to answer ' and is a regular Spanish AR verb.

To remember this, imagine the quiz CONTESTANTS answer questions!

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Read on, below the CONTESTAR verb table...

to answer: contestar
Imagine the CONTESTANTS answer questions!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE contestar
Simple Tenses contestar
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente answer	contesto	contestas	contesta	contestamos	contestáis	contestan
Imperfect Imperfecto answered	contestaba	contestabas	contestaba	contestábamos	contestabais	contestaban
Preterit Pretérito answered	contesté	contestaste	contestó	contestamos	contestasteis	contestaron
Future Futuro will answer	contestaré	contestarás	contestará	contestaremos	contestaréis	contestarán
Conditional Condicional would answer	contestaría	contestarías	contestaría	contestaríamos	contestaríais	contestarían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may answer	conteste	contestes	conteste	contestemos	contestéis	contesten
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjuntivo may answer	contestara	contestaras	contestara	contestáramos	contestarais	contestaran
	contestase	contestases	contestase	contestásemos	contestaseis	contestasen
Imperative Tenses contestar
Imperative Imperativo answer!		¡contesta!	¡conteste!	¡contestemos!	¡contestad!	¡contesten!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't answer!		¡no contestes!	¡no conteste!	¡no contestemos!	¡no contestéis!	¡no contesten!
Compound Tenses contestar - Past Participle contestado - answered
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have answered	he contestado	has contestado	ha contestado	hemos contestado	habéis contestado	han contestado
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had answered	hube contestado	hubiste contestado	hubo contestado	hubimos contestado	hubisteis contestado	hubieron contestado
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had answered	había contestado	habías contestado	había contestado	habíamos contestado	habíais contestado	habían contestado
Present Perfect Subjunctive Presente perfecto have answered	haya contestado	hayas contestado	haya contestado	hayamos contestado	hayáis contestado	hayan contestado
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have answered	habré contestado	habrás contestado	habrá contestado	habremos contestado	habréis contestado	habrán contestado
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have answered	habría contestado	habrías contestado	habría contestado	habríamos contestado	habríais contestado	habrían contestado
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have answered	hubiera contestado	hubieras contestado	hubiera contestado	hubiéramos contestado	hubierais contestado	hubieran contestado
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have answered	hubiese contestado	hubieses contestado	hubiese contestado	hubiésemos contestado	hubieseis contestado	hubiesen contestado
Progressive Tenses: Present Participle contestando - answering
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am answering	estoy contestando	estás contestando	está contestando	estamos contestando	está contestando	están contestando
Preterit Progressive Pretérito was answering	estuve contestando	estuviste contestando	estuvo contestando	estuvimos contestando	estuvisteis contestando	estuvieron contestando
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto had been answering	estaba contestando	estabas contestando	estaba contestando	estábamos contestando	estabais contestando	estaban contestando
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto will be answering	estaré contestando	estarás contestando	estará contestando	estaremos contestando	estaréis contestando	estarán contestando
Conditional Progressive Condicional perfecto would've been answering	estaría contestando	estarías contestando	estabría contestando	estaríamos contestando	estaríais contestando	estarían contestando
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo may've been answering	que ~ contestando	que ~ contestando	que ~ contestando	que ~ contestando	que ~ contestando	que ~ contestando

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MORE on the SPANISH VERB contestar

contestar can also mean: to reply, to answer back, to talk back; to corroborate.
contester por alguien: to answer for someone.
contester la pregunta : to answer the question.
contester el téléfono : to answer the phone.

la contestación (nf): answer, reply; opposition; opposing argument.
el contestador (nm): answering machine.
el/la contendiente (nm/f): contestant.

contestado/a (pp/adj m/f): answered, replied; completed; contentious, controversial.
contestón/a (adj): argumentative, given to answering back, mouthy, lippy.
contestatario/a (adj m/f): rebellious, protest, non-conformist.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In regular AR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos contestás
Imperativo: ¡contestá!

HOW TO CONQUER SPANISH VERB CONJUGATION

The Spanish verb for answer contestar is an Regular AR verb.
Learn to conjugate contestar and it will reinforce this regular pattern.
Do a series of verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the verbs' conjugation patterns. Keep doing them with a new one every day from the Spanish Verbs List.
The same applies to the various patterns. Each month we feature a daily verb from one of the major pattern groups.
Repeating these tables aloud 10 times throughout the day will better embed the patterns into your subconscious, and your long term memory.
Reciting aloud is a great way for you to practice your pronunciation, and helps you to memorize the conjugations.

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