# subcontratar
## Spanish
### Etymology

From sub- +‎ contratar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /subkontɾaˈtaɾ/ [suβ̞.kõn̪.t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: sub‧con‧tra‧tar

### Verb

subcontratar (first-person singular present subcontrato, first-person singular preterite subcontraté, past participle subcontratado)
* to subcontract

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | subcontratar | subcontratar | subcontratar | subcontratar | subcontratar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | subcontratando | subcontratando | subcontratando | subcontratando | subcontratando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | subcontratado | subcontratado | subcontratada | subcontratada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | subcontratados | subcontratados | subcontratadas | subcontratadas |
| | | 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 | subcontrato | subcontratas$^{tú}$ subcontratás$^{vos}$ | subcontrata | subcontratamos | subcontratáis | subcontratan |
| indicative | imperfect | subcontrataba | subcontratabas | subcontrataba | subcontratábamos | subcontratabais | subcontrataban |
| indicative | preterite | subcontraté | subcontrataste | subcontrató | subcontratamos | subcontratasteis | subcontrataron |
| indicative | future | subcontrataré | subcontratarás | subcontratará | subcontrataremos | subcontrataréis | subcontratarán |
| indicative | conditional | subcontrataría | subcontratarías | subcontrataría | subcontrataríamos | subcontrataríais | subcontratarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | subcontrate | subcontrates$^{tú}$ subcontratés$^{vos2}$ | subcontrate | subcontratemos | subcontratéis | subcontraten |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | subcontratara | subcontrataras | subcontratara | subcontratáramos | subcontratarais | subcontrataran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | subcontratase | subcontratases | subcontratase | subcontratásemos | subcontrataseis | subcontratasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | subcontratare | subcontratares | subcontratare | subcontratáremos | subcontratareis | subcontrataren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | subcontrata$^{tú}$ subcontratá$^{vos}$ | subcontrate | subcontratemos | subcontratad | subcontraten |
| imperative | negative | | no subcontrates | no subcontrate | no subcontratemos | no subcontratéis | no subcontraten |
$^1$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

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