# contestar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contestārī (“to call to witness”).

### Verb

contestar
* to answer (make a reply or response to)
* to answer back

#### Synonyms

* responder

## Asturian
### Verb

contestar (first-person singular indicative present contesto, past participle contestáu)
* to answer (make a reply or response to)
* to answer back

#### Synonyms

* responder

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contestārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kun.təsˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kon.təsˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kon.tesˈtaɾ]
* Homophone: contestà

### Verb

contestar (first-person singular present contesto, first-person singular preterite contestí, past participle contestat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/ (transitive, intransitive)
* to answer, to reply
    Synonym: respondre

#### Further reading

* “contestar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “contestar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “contestar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “contestar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin contestārī.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.tesˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.tesˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.tesˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.tesˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.tesˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.teʃˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.teʃˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.tesˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tɨʃˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tɨʃˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tɨʃˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: con‧tes‧tar

### Verb

contestar (first-person singular present contesto, first-person singular preterite contestei, past participle contestado)
* (transitive) to challenge, dispute
* (transitive) to contest
* (transitive) to contradict
* (intransitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Conjugation

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

### Further reading

* “contestar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “contestar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “contestar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “contestar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “contestar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “contestar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contestārī (“to call to witness”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kontesˈtaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪esˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: con‧tes‧tar

### Verb

contestar (first-person singular present contesto, first-person singular preterite contesté, past participle contestado)
* to reply, retort, answer, respond
    Synonyms: responder, replicar
    Antonym: callar

#### Usage notes

* Contestar is a false friend, and does not mean "to contest". The words for "to contest" in Spanish are contender, concursar.

#### Conjugation

$^1$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.

#### Derived terms

* contestón

#### Related terms

* contestación

### Further reading

* “contestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10