# contemplar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contemplāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kun.təmˈpla]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kon.təmˈpla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kon.temˈplaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

contemplar (first-person singular present contemplo, first-person singular preterite contemplí, past participle contemplat)
* (transitive) to contemplate

#### Related terms

* contemplació
* contemplatiu

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin contemplō, contemplāre.

### Verb

contemplar (first-person singular present contemplo, first-person singular preterite contemplei, past participle contemplado)
* (transitive) to contemplate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* contemplación
* contemplativo

### Further reading

* “contemplar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “contemplar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Interlingua
### Verb

contemplar
* to contemplate

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contemplāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.tẽˈpla(ʁ)/ [kõ.tẽˈpla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.tẽˈpla(ʁ)/ [kõ.tẽˈpla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.tẽˈpla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.tẽˈpla(ʁ)/ [kõ.tẽˈpla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.tẽˈpla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tẽˈplaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tẽˈplaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tẽˈpla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: con‧tem‧plar

### Verb

contemplar (first-person singular present contemplo, first-person singular preterite contemplei, past participle contemplado)
* (transitive) to behold (to look at with awe)
* to contemplate (think about something in a concentrated manner)

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* contemplação
* contemplativo

### Further reading

* “contemplar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romansch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contemplāre.

### Verb

contemplar
* (Sursilvan, Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) to contemplate
* (Sursilvan, Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) to observe
    Synonym: vurdar (Sutsilvan; Surmiran)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | contemplar | contemplar | contemplar | contemplar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | contemplond | contemplond | contemplond | contemplond |
| past participle | past participle | past participle | contemplau | contemplau | contemplau | contemplau |
| | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
| present | contemplel | contemplas | contempla | contemplein | contempleis | contemplan |
| imperfect | contemplavel | contemplavas | contemplava | contemplavan | contemplavas | contemplavan |
| future | vegnel a contemplar | vegns a contemplar | vegn a contemplar | vegnin a contemplar | vegnis a contemplar | vegnan a contemplar |
| conditional | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
| direct present | contemplass | contemplasses | contemplass | contemplassen | contemplasses | contemplassen |
| indirect present | contemplassi | contemplassies | contemplassi | contemplassien | contemplassies | contemplassien |
| direct future | vegness a contemplar | vegnesses a contemplar | vegness a contemplar | vegnessen a contemplar | vegnesses a contemplar | vegnessen a contemplar |
| indirect future | vegnessi a contemplar | vegnessies a contemplar | vegnessi a contemplar | vegnessien a contemplar | vegnessies a contemplar | vegnessien a contemplar |
| subjunctive | che jeu | che ti | ch'el/ch'ella | che nus | che vus | ch'els/ch'ellas |
| present | contempli | contemplies | contempli | contempleien | contempleies | contemplien |
| past | contemplavi | contemplavies | contemplavi | contemplavien | contemplavies | contemplavien |
| future | vegni a contemplar | vegnies a contemplar | vegni a contemplar | vegnîen a contemplar | vegnîes a contemplar | vegnien a contemplar |
| imperative | — | ti | — | — | vus | — |
| imperative | | contempla | | | contemplei | |
| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | contemplar | contemplar | contemplar | contemplar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | contemplond | contemplond | contemplond | contemplond |
| past participle | past participle | past participle | contemplà, contemplada | contemplà, contemplada | contemplà, contemplada | contemplà, contemplada |
| | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
| present | contempl, contemplel | contemplas | contempla | contemplain | contemplais | contemplan |
| imperfect | contemplava | contemplavas | contemplava | contemplavan | contemplavas | contemplavan |
| future | vegnel a contemplar | vegns a contemplar | vegn a contemplar | vegnin a contemplar | vegnis a contemplar | vegnan a contemplar |
| conditional | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
| present | contemplass | contemplasses | contemplass | contemplassen | contemplasses | contemplassen |
| future | vegness a contemplar | vegnesses a contemplar | vegness a contemplar | vegnessen a contemplar | vegnesses a contemplar | vegnessen a contemplar |
| subjunctive | che jeu | che ti | ch'el/ch'ella | che nus | che vus | ch'els/ch'ellas |
| present | contemplia | contemplias | contemplia | contemplian | contemplias | contemplian |
| future | vegni a contemplar | vegnies a contemplar | vegni a contemplar | vegnîen a contemplar | vegnîes a contemplar | vegnien a contemplar |
| imperative | — | ti | — | — | vus | — |
| imperative | | contempla | | | contemplai | |

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contemplāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kontemˈplaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ẽmˈplaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: con‧tem‧plar

### Verb

contemplar (first-person singular present contemplo, first-person singular preterite contemplé, past participle contemplado)
* to contemplate
* to behold
* to regard
* (neologism) to envisage
* (neologism, anglicism) to foresee, anticipate, prevent

#### 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.

#### Related terms

* contemplación
* contemplador
* contemplativo

### Further reading

* “contemplar”, 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