# contrapesar
## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.tɾa.peˈza(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾa.peˈza(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.tɾa.peˈza(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾa.peˈza(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.tɾa.peˈza(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.tɾa.peˈza(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾa.peˈza(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.tɾa.peˈza(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tɾɐ.pɨˈzaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tɾɐ.pɨˈzaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tɾɐ.pɨˈza.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: con‧tra‧pe‧sar

### Verb

contrapesar (first-person singular present contrapeso, first-person singular preterite contrapesei, past participle contrapesado)
* (transitive) to counterbalance (to apply weight or force in order to balance)
    Synonym: contrabalancear

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kontɾapeˈsaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.peˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: con‧tra‧pe‧sar

### Verb

contrapesar (first-person singular present contrapeso, first-person singular preterite contrapesé, past participle contrapesado)
* (transitive) to counterbalance

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | contrapesar | contrapesar | contrapesar | contrapesar | contrapesar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | contrapesando | contrapesando | contrapesando | contrapesando | contrapesando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | contrapesado | contrapesado | contrapesada | contrapesada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | contrapesados | contrapesados | contrapesadas | contrapesadas |
| | | 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 | contrapeso | contrapesas$^{tú}$ contrapesás$^{vos}$ | contrapesa | contrapesamos | contrapesáis | contrapesan |
| indicative | imperfect | contrapesaba | contrapesabas | contrapesaba | contrapesábamos | contrapesabais | contrapesaban |
| indicative | preterite | contrapesé | contrapesaste | contrapesó | contrapesamos | contrapesasteis | contrapesaron |
| indicative | future | contrapesaré | contrapesarás | contrapesará | contrapesaremos | contrapesaréis | contrapesarán |
| indicative | conditional | contrapesaría | contrapesarías | contrapesaría | contrapesaríamos | contrapesaríais | contrapesarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | contrapese | contrapeses$^{tú}$ contrapesés$^{vos2}$ | contrapese | contrapesemos | contrapeséis | contrapesen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | contrapesara | contrapesaras | contrapesara | contrapesáramos | contrapesarais | contrapesaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | contrapesase | contrapesases | contrapesase | contrapesásemos | contrapesaseis | contrapesasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | contrapesare | contrapesares | contrapesare | contrapesáremos | contrapesareis | contrapesaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | contrapesa$^{tú}$ contrapesá$^{vos}$ | contrapese | contrapesemos | contrapesad | contrapesen |
| imperative | negative | | no contrapeses | no contrapese | no contrapesemos | no contrapeséis | no contrapesen |
$^1$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

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