# controvertir
## Spanish
### Etymology

Back-formation from controvertido.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kontɾobeɾˈtiɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾo.β̞eɾˈt̪iɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: con‧tro‧ver‧tir

### Verb

controvertir (first-person singular present controvierto, first-person singular preterite controvertí, past participle controvertido)
* to controvert

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | controvertir | controvertir | controvertir | controvertir | controvertir |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | controvirtiendo | controvirtiendo | controvirtiendo | controvirtiendo | controvirtiendo |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | controvertido | controvertido | controvertida | controvertida |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | controvertidos | controvertidos | controvertidas | controvertidas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 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 |
| indicative | present | controvierto | controviertes$^{tú}$ controvertís$^{vos}$ | controvierte | controvertimos | controvertís | controvierten |
| indicative | imperfect | controvertía | controvertías | controvertía | controvertíamos | controvertíais | controvertían |
| indicative | preterite | controvertí | controvertiste | controvirtió | controvertimos | controvertisteis | controvirtieron |
| indicative | future | controvertiré | controvertirás | controvertirá | controvertiremos | controvertiréis | controvertirán |
| indicative | conditional | controvertiría | controvertirías | controvertiría | controvertiríamos | controvertiríais | controvertirían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | controvierta | controviertas$^{tú}$ controvirtás$^{vos2}$ | controvierta | controvirtamos | controvirtáis | controviertan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | controvirtiera | controvirtieras | controvirtiera | controvirtiéramos | controvirtierais | controvirtieran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | controvirtiese | controvirtieses | controvirtiese | controvirtiésemos | controvirtieseis | controvirtiesen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | controvirtiere | controvirtieres | controvirtiere | controvirtiéremos | controvirtiereis | controvirtieren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | controvierte$^{tú}$ controvertí$^{vos}$ | controvierta | controvirtamos | controvertid | controviertan |
| imperative | negative | | no controviertas | no controvierta | no controvirtamos | no controvirtáis | no controviertan |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “controvertir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014