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Contraer Conjugation in Spanish

Learn contraer, meaning to contract, to get, to catch, to develop (e.g. a disease, illness or infection), through verified forms and contextual examples.

irregular-ergerund: contrayendoparticiple: contraído
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What does contraer mean?

contraer means to contract, to get, to catch, to develop (e.g. a disease, illness or infection) in English. It is a irregular -er verb.

It can also be used with these related meanings: to incur, to get in, to get into (debt); to enter into, to undertake.

Principal forms of contraer

Infinitive
contraer
Gerund
contrayendo
Past participle
contraído

Contraer conjugation table

Compare the present, preterite, imperfect, and future forms. Reflexive pronouns are included where the verb requires them.

PronounPresentPreteriteImperfectFuture
yocontraigocontrajecontraíacontraeré
túcontraescontrajistecontraíascontraerás
él / ella / ustedcontraecontrajocontraíacontraerá
nosotros/ascontraemoscontrajimoscontraíamoscontraeremos
ellos/as / ustedescontraencontrajeroncontraíancontraerán

Pattern notes

  • Its forms differ from a fully regular -er pattern in the present, preterite.
  • Its past participle, contraído, is irregular.

Practice prompts

  1. Conjugate contraer for yo in the present.
  2. Use the preterite form for ella.
  3. Say the nosotros/as imperfect form.
  4. Write a short sentence in the future.

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