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hire

Gerund: contratando

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular contratado contratada
Plural contratados contratadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo contrato contrataba contraté contrataré contrataría
tú contratas contratabas contrataste contratarás contratarías
él/ella/Ud. contrata contrataba contrató contratará contrataría
nosotros contratamos contratábamos contratamos contrataremos contrataríamos
vosotros contratáis contratabais contratasteis contrataréis contrataríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. contratan contrataban contrataron contratarán contratarían
vos contratás contratabas contrataste contratarás contratarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo contrate contratara contratase contratare
tú contrates contrataras contratases contratares
él/ella/Ud. contrate contratara contratase contratare
nosotros contratemos contratáramos contratásemos contratáremos
vosotros contratéis contratarais contrataseis contratareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. contraten contrataran contratasen contrataren
vos contratés contrataras contratases contratares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú contrata no contrates
Ud. contrate no contrate
nosotros contratemos no contratemos
vosotros contratad no contratéis
Uds. contraten no contraten
vos contratá no contrates

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Examples

  • Quiero contratar a un sirviente.

    I want to hire a servant.

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  • La compañía quiere contratar a veinte personas.

    The company wants to hire 20 people.

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  • Planeo contratar a alguien que pueda hablar inglés.

    I plan to hire someone who can speak English.

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  • Tendremos que contratar a alguien para que haga el trabajo de Tom.

    We will have to take on someone to do Tom's work.

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  • Quiero contratar a Tom.

    I want to hire Tom.

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  • Necesito contratar a un asistente.

    I need to hire an assistant.

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  • Te quiero contratar.

    I want to hire you.

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  • Tuvimos que contratar a un abogado.

    We had to retain a lawyer.

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  • Queremos contratar a alguien que hable un francés fluido.

    We want to hire someone who can speak French fluently.

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  • Nadie te va a contratar.

    Nobody's going to hire you.

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