contar

/konˈtaɾ/

verb #1231 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to count; to tell

Grammar

Conjugation

Regular spanish-irregular conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Indicative

Person PresentPreteriteImperfectFutureConditional
yocuentocontécontabacontarécontaría
cuentascontastecontabascontaráscontarías
él/ella/ud.cuentacontócontabacontarácontaría
nos.contamoscontamoscontábamoscontaremoscontaríamos
vos.contáiscontasteiscontabaiscontaréiscontaríais
ellos/uds.cuentancontaroncontabancontaráncontarían

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect (-ra)Imperfect (-se)
yocuentecontaracontase
cuentescontarascontases
él/ella/ud.cuentecontaracontase
nos.contemoscontáramoscontásemos
vos.contéiscontaraiscontaseis
ellos/uds.cuentencontarancontasen

Imperative

Person Affirmative
cuenta
ud.cuente
nosotroscontemos
vosotroscontad
uds.cuenten

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
contando
Past participle
contado

Examples

Cuéntame .

Tell me everything that happened.

cien.

The child can already count to a hundred.

.

You can always count on me.

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