contecer

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

obsolete form of acontecer

Conjugation

Conjugation of contecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			contecer
gerund			conteciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contecido		contecida
		plural		contecidos		contecidas
		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	conteces^{^tú} contecés^{^vos}	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	contezcas^{^tú} contezcás^{^vos²}	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		contece^{^tú} contecé^{^vos}	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
with infinitive contecer	accusative	contecerme	contecerte	contecerlo, contecerla, contecerse	contecernos	conteceros	contecerlos, contecerlas, contecerse

with gerund conteciendo	dative	conteciéndome	conteciéndote	conteciéndole, conteciéndose	conteciéndonos	conteciéndoos	conteciéndoles, conteciéndose
with gerund conteciendo	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
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contece	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
with formal second-person singular imperative contezca	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
with first-person plural imperative contezcamos	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
with informal second-person plural imperative conteced	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
with formal second-person plural imperative contezcan	accusative	contézcanme	not used	contézcanlo, contézcanla	contézcannos	not used	contézcanlos, contézcanlas, contézcanse

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