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contar

/konˈtaɾ/, [kõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

count, tell

Gerund: contando

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular contado contada
Plural contados contadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo cuento contaba conté contaré contaría
tú cuentas contabas contaste contarás contarías
él/ella/Ud. cuenta contaba contó contará contaría
nosotros contamos contábamos contamos contaremos contaríamos
vosotros contáis contabais contasteis contaréis contaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. cuentan contaban contaron contarán contarían
vos contás contabas contaste contarás contarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo cuente contara contase contare
tú cuentes contaras contases contares
él/ella/Ud. cuente contara contase contare
nosotros contemos contáramos contásemos contáremos
vosotros contéis contarais contaseis contareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. cuenten contaran contasen contaren
vos contés contaras contases contares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú cuenta no cuentes
Ud. cuente no cuente
nosotros contemos no contemos
vosotros contad no contéis
Uds. cuenten no cuenten
vos contá no cuentes

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Tom sabía que podía contar con Mary.

    Tom knew he could count on Mary.

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  • Cuando tenías dos años, ya podías contar hasta diez.

    When you were two years old, you could already count to ten.

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  • La sala está vacía sin contar a las partículas de polvo flotando en el aire.

    The room is empty apart from the speck of dust floating in the air.

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  • Podemos contar con él para la ayuda financiera.

    We can count on him for financial help.

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  • Sin contar el portugués, solo conozco el esperanto.

    Not counting Portuguese, I only know Esperanto.

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  • Siempre puedes contar con nosotros.

    You can always count on us.

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  • Tom pensó que él podría contar con Mary para hacer un buen trabajo.

    Tom thought that he could count on Mary to do a good job.

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  • Tú podías contar hasta diez cuando tenías dos años.

    You could count to ten when you were two.

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  • ¿Te gustaría contar la siguiente historia?

    Would you like to tell the next story?

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  • A mi padre le gusta contar cosas graciosas.

    Daddy loves to say funny things.

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