contener

contain

Gerund: conteniendo

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	contenido	contenida
Plural	contenidos	contenidas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	contengo	contenía	contuve	contendré	contendría
tú	contienes	contenías	contuviste	contendrás	contendrías
él/ella/Ud.	contiene	contenía	contuvo	contendrá	contendría
nosotros	contenemos	conteníamos	contuvimos	contendremos	contendríamos
vosotros	contenéis	conteníais	contuvisteis	contendréis	contendríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	contienen	contenían	contuvieron	contendrán	contendrían
vos	contenés	contenías	contuviste	contendrás	contendrías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	contenga	contuviera	contuviese	contuviere
tú	contengas	contuvieras	contuvieses	contuvieres
él/ella/Ud.	contenga	contuviera	contuviese	contuviere
nosotros	contengamos	contuviéramos	contuviésemos	contuviéremos
vosotros	contengáis	contuvierais	contuvieseis	contuviereis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	contengan	contuvieran	contuviesen	contuvieren
vos	contengás	contuvieras	contuvieses	contuvieres

Imperative

Examples

No pude contener las lágrimas.

I could not keep the tears from my eyes.

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A veces no puedo contener mis emociones.

Sometimes I can't hold my emotions.

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Jim fue capaz de contener su enojo.

Jim was able to hold back his anger.

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No pude contener mi rabia.

I couldn't keep my anger down.

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Él canta tan bien que es imposible contener las lágrimas.

He sings so well that it's impossible to hold back tears.

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No pude contener mi ira.

I couldn't control my anger.

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Él no pudo contener su cólera ni un segundo más.

He couldn't hold his temper any longer.

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Puede contener nueces.

May contain nuts.

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Este e-mail es confidencial y también puede contener información privilegiada.

This e-mail is confidential and may also contain privileged information.

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Ella no podía contener sus lágrimas.

She could not hold back her tears.

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