contratar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contractāre, or from contrato +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾaˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾaˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾaˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: con‧tra‧tar

Verb

contratar (first-person singular present contrato, first-person singular preterite contratei, past participle contratado)

1. to contract, hire

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contratar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	contratar
Personal	contratar	contratares	contratar	contratarmos	contratardes	contratarem
Gerund
	contratando
Past participle
Masculine	contratado			contratados
Feminine	contratada			contratadas
Indicative
Present	contrato	contratas	contrata	contratamos	contratais	contratam
Imperfect	contratava	contratavas	contratava	contratávamos	contratáveis	contratavam
Preterite	contratei	contrataste	contratou	contratamos1, contratámos2	contratastes	contrataram
Pluperfect	contratara	contrataras	contratara	contratáramos	contratáreis	contrataram
Future	contratarei	contratarás	contratará	contrataremos	contratareis	contratarão
Conditional	contrataria	contratarias	contrataria	contrataríamos	contrataríeis	contratariam
Subjunctive
Present	contrate	contrates	contrate	contratemos	contrateis	contratem
Imperfect	contratasse	contratasses	contratasse	contratássemos	contratásseis	contratassem
Future	contratar	contratares	contratar	contratarmos	contratardes	contratarem
Imperative
Affirmative		contrata	contrate	contratemos	contratai	contratem
Negative (não)		não contrates	não contrate	não contratemos	não contrateis	não contratem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• contrato

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contractāre, or from contrato +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontɾaˈtaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧tar

Verb

contratar (first-person singular present contrato, first-person singular preterite contraté, past participle contratado)

1. to contract, to take on

   Synonym: contraer

2. to hire

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contratar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			contratar
gerund			contratando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contratado		contratada
		plural		contratados		contratadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contrato	contratastú contratásvos	contrata	contratamos	contratáis	contratan
	imperfect	contrataba	contratabas	contrataba	contratábamos	contratabais	contrataban
	preterite	contraté	contrataste	contrató	contratamos	contratasteis	contrataron
	future	contrataré	contratarás	contratará	contrataremos	contrataréis	contratarán
	conditional	contrataría	contratarías	contrataría	contrataríamos	contrataríais	contratarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contrate	contratestú contratésvos2	contrate	contratemos	contratéis	contraten
	imperfect (ra)	contratara	contrataras	contratara	contratáramos	contratarais	contrataran
	imperfect (se)	contratase	contratases	contratase	contratásemos	contrataseis	contratasen
	future1	contratare	contratares	contratare	contratáremos	contratareis	contrataren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		contratatú contratávos	contrate	contratemos	contratad	contraten
	negative		no contrates	no contrate	no contratemos	no contratéis	no contraten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of contratar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive contratar
	dative	contratarme	contratarte	contratarle, contratarse	contratarnos	contrataros	contratarles, contratarse
	accusative	contratarme	contratarte	contratarlo, contratarla, contratarse	contratarnos	contrataros	contratarlos, contratarlas, contratarse
with gerund contratando
	dative	contratándome	contratándote	contratándole, contratándose	contratándonos	contratándoos	contratándoles, contratándose
	accusative	contratándome	contratándote	contratándolo, contratándola, contratándose	contratándonos	contratándoos	contratándolos, contratándolas, contratándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contrata
	dative	contrátame	contrátate	contrátale	contrátanos	not used	contrátales
	accusative	contrátame	contrátate	contrátalo, contrátala	contrátanos	not used	contrátalos, contrátalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contratá
	dative	contratame	contratate	contratale	contratanos	not used	contratales
	accusative	contratame	contratate	contratalo, contratala	contratanos	not used	contratalos, contratalas
with formal second-person singular imperative contrate
	dative	contráteme	not used	contrátele, contrátese	contrátenos	not used	contráteles
	accusative	contráteme	not used	contrátelo, contrátela, contrátese	contrátenos	not used	contrátelos, contrátelas
with first-person plural imperative contratemos
	dative	not used	contratémoste	contratémosle	contratémonos	contratémoos	contratémosles
	accusative	not used	contratémoste	contratémoslo, contratémosla	contratémonos	contratémoos	contratémoslos, contratémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contratad
	dative	contratadme	not used	contratadle	contratadnos	contrataos	contratadles
	accusative	contratadme	not used	contratadlo, contratadla	contratadnos	contrataos	contratadlos, contratadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contraten
	dative	contrátenme	not used	contrátenle	contrátennos	not used	contrátenles, contrátense
	accusative	contrátenme	not used	contrátenlo, contrátenla	contrátennos	not used	contrátenlos, contrátenlas, contrátense

Derived terms

• contratación

 

Related terms

• contrato

 

Further reading

• “contratar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28