Contrariar means to oppose or contradict someone or something, or to annoy or upset someone. It is used when describing actions that go against opinions, plans, or feelings.
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El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | contrario | No quiero contrariar tus ideas. I don't want to contradict your ideas. | |
Tú | contrarias | Tú siempre contrarias mis opiniones. You always contradict my opinions. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | contraría | Él no quiere contrariar a nadie. He doesn't want to upset anyone. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | contrariamos | Nosotros no pretendemos contraríar a nadie. We don't intend to upset anyone. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | contrariáis | Vosotros siempre contrariáis las decisiones. You all always contradict the decisions. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | contrarian | Ellos no desean contraríar las reglas. They don't want to break the rules. |
El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | contrarié | Ayer contrarié a mi amigo. Yesterday I annoyed my friend. | |
Tú | contrariste | Tú contrariste a tu hermano. You annoyed your brother. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | contrarié | Él contrarié a su jefe. He annoyed his boss. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | contrariamos | Nosotros contrariamos a los vecinos. We annoyed the neighbors. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | contraristeis | Vosotros contrariasteis a los profesores. You all annoyed the teachers. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | contrariaron | Ellos contrariaron a los clientes. They annoyed the clients. |
El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | contrariaba | Yo contrariaba sus opiniones siempre. I used to oppose his opinions always. | |
Tú | contrariabas | Tú contrariabas las reglas frecuentemente. You used to contradict the rules frequently. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | contrariaba | Ella contrariaba a sus padres a menudo. She used to contradict her parents often. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | contrariábamos | Nosotros contrariábamos las decisiones del jefe. We used to oppose the boss's decisions. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | contrariabais | Vosotros contrariabais las instrucciones siempre. You all used to contradict the instructions always. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | contrariaban | Ellos contrariaban las órdenes del profesor. They used to oppose the teacher's orders. |
El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | estoy contrariando | Estoy contrariando a mi hermano ahora mismo. I am upsetting my brother right now. | |
Tú | estás contrariando | Estás contrariando a tus amigos con esa actitud. You are upsetting your friends with that attitude. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | está contrariando | Ella está contrariando las reglas del juego. She is upsetting the rules of the game. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | estamos contrariando | Estamos contrariando las expectativas del equipo. We are upsetting the team's expectations. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | estáis contrariando | Vosotros estáis contrariando a los profesores. You all are upsetting the teachers. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | están contrariando | Los niños están contrariando a sus padres. The children are upsetting their parents. |
El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | voy a contrariar | Voy a contrariar a mi hermano mañana. I am going to upset my brother tomorrow. | |
Tú | vas a contrariar | Tú vas a contrariar a tus amigos en la fiesta. You are going to upset your friends at the party. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | va a contrariar | Él va a contrariar a su jefe con esa decisión. He is going to upset his boss with that decision. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | vamos a contrariar | Vamos a contrariar a los vecinos con el ruido. We are going to upset the neighbors with the noise. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | vais a contrariar | Vosotros vais a contrariar a los profesores si habláis en clase. You all are going to upset the teachers if you talk in class. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | van a contrariar | Ellos van a contrariar a sus padres con esa decisión. They are going to upset their parents with that decision. |
El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | contrariaré | Contrariaré sus decisiones mañana. I will oppose his decisions tomorrow. | |
Tú | contrariarás | Contrariarás las reglas si insistes. You will oppose the rules if you insist. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | contrariará | Ella contrariará las instrucciones. She will oppose the instructions. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | contrariamos | Contrariamos sus opiniones en la reunión. We will oppose their opinions at the meeting. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | contrariaréis | Vosotros contrariaréis las decisiones del jefe. You all will oppose the boss's decisions. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | contrariarán | Ellos contrariarán las propuestas nuevas. They will oppose the new proposals. |
El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | contrariaría | Yo contrariaría esa decisión si pudiera. I would oppose that decision if I could. | |
Tú | contrariarías | Tú contrariarías las reglas si supieras la verdad. You would oppose the rules if you knew the truth. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | contrariaría | Él contrariaría las órdenes del jefe. He would oppose the boss's orders. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | contrariaríamos | Nosotros contrariaríamos las expectativas si actuáramos diferente. We would oppose the expectations if we acted differently. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | contrariaríaís | Vosotros contrariaríaís las normas si las conocierais. You all would oppose the rules if you knew them. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | contrariarían | Ellos contrariarían las decisiones si supieran la verdad. They would oppose the decisions if they knew the truth. |
El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | he contrariando | He estado contrariando sus ideas. I have been contradicting his ideas. | |
Tú | has contrariando | Has estado contrariando las reglas. You have been contradicting the rules. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | ha contrariando | Ella ha estado contrariando a todos. She has been contradicting everyone. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | hemos contrariando | Hemos estado contrariando las instrucciones. We have been contradicting the instructions. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | habéis contrariando | Habéis estado contrariando las órdenes. You all have been contradicting the orders. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han contrariando | Han estado contrariando las decisiones. They have been contradicting the decisions. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | había contrariado | Yo había contrariado sus expectativas. I had disappointed his expectations. | |
Tú | habías contrariado | Tú habías contrariado a todos. You had upset everyone. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | había contrariado | Ella había contrariado las reglas. She had broken the rules. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | habíamos contrariado | Nosotros habíamos contrariado a los profesores. We had upset the teachers. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | habíais contrariado | Vosotros habíais contrariado a los vecinos. You all had annoyed the neighbors. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habían contrariado | Ellos habían contrariado las órdenes. They had disobeyed the orders. |
El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | habré contrariado | Para entonces, ya habré contrariado a todos. By then, I will have annoyed everyone. | |
Tú | habrás contrariado | Seguramente habrás contrariado a alguien. You will have annoyed someone. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | habrá contrariado | Él habrá contrariado a su jefe. He will have annoyed his boss. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | habremos contrariado | Nosotros habremos contrariado a muchos. We will have annoyed many. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | habréis contrariado | Vosotros habréis contrariado a los vecinos. You all will have annoyed the neighbors. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrán contrariado | Ellos habrán contrariado a la autoridad. They will have annoyed the authorities. |
El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | habría contrariando | Yo habría contrariando sus expectativas. I would have upset his expectations. | |
Tú | habrías contrariando | Tú habrías contrariando las reglas. You would have upset the rules. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | habría contrariando | Él habría contrariando las instrucciones. He would have upset the instructions. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | habríamos contrariando | Nosotros habríamos contrariando sus deseos. We would have upset his wishes. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | habríais contrariando | Vosotros habríais contrariando las órdenes. You all would have upset the orders. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrían contrariando | Ellos habrían contrariando las normas. They would have upset the norms. |
El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | contrarie | Espero que eso no me contraríe. I hope that doesn't upset me. | |
Tú | contraries | Es importante que no contraries a tus amigos. It's important that you don't upset your friends. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | contrarie | Es posible que ella contrarie las reglas. It's possible that she upsets the rules. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | contrariemos | Queremos que no nos contraríen con esas decisiones. We want them not to upset us with those decisions. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | contrariéis | Es mejor que no contraríéis a los profesores. It's better that you don't upset the teachers. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | contraríen | Es probable que ellas contraríen a sus padres. It's likely that they upset their parents. |
El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | contrariara | Esperaba que él contrariara las reglas. I hoped that he would contradict the rules. | |
Tú | contrariaras | No creía que tú contrariaras a todos. I didn't think that you would contradict everyone. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | contrariara | Quería que ella contrariara sus opiniones. I wanted her to contradict her opinions. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | contrariáramos | Era importante que nosotros contrariáramos las expectativas. It was important that we contradicted the expectations. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | contrariarais | Dudaba que vosotros contrariarais las órdenes. I doubted that you all would contradict the orders. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | contrariaran | No creían que ellos contrariaran las instrucciones. They didn't believe that they would contradict the instructions. |
El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | contrariare | Si me contraríes, te lo diré. If you oppose me, I will tell you. | |
Tú | contrarires | Cuando contrarieres las reglas, te sancionaré. When you oppose the rules, I will sanction you. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | contrariere | Si él contrarire la decisión, cambiará todo. If he oppose the decision, everything will change. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | contrariéremos | Si nosotros contraréremos sus planes, sería difícil. If we oppose their plans, it would be difficult. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | contrariereis | Cuando contrarereis las normas, os castigarán. When you oppose the rules, you will be punished. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | contrarieren | Si ellos contrarieren la ley, actuarán en consecuencia. If they oppose the law, they will act accordingly. |
El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | haya contrariado | Espero que haya contrariado a todos. I hope I have upset everyone. | |
Tú | hayas contrariado | Es posible que hayas contrariado a tu jefe. It's possible that you have upset your boss. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | haya contrariado | Es probable que él haya contrariado las reglas. It's likely that he has upset the rules. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | hayamos contrariado | Quizá hayamos contrariado a alguien sin querer. Maybe we have upset someone unintentionally. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | hayáis contrariado | ¿Habéis contrariado las instrucciones? Have you upset the instructions? | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan contrariado | Es posible que hayan contrariado las expectativas. It's possible that they have upset the expectations. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | hubiera contrariado | Si hubiera contrariado sus expectativas, habría pedido disculpas. If I had disappointed his expectations, I would have apologized. | |
Tú | hubieras contrariado | Es posible que hubieras contrariado las reglas sin querer. You might have broken the rules unintentionally. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera contrariado | Ella habría contrariado a sus padres si hubiera sabido. She would have disappointed her parents if she had known. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéramos contrariado | Nosotros habríamos contrariado las instrucciones sin querer. We would have broken the instructions unintentionally. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | hubierais contrariado | Vosotros habríais contrariado las expectativas del profesor. You all would have disappointed the teacher's expectations. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran contrariado | Ellos habrían contrariado las normas si hubieran sabido. They would have broken the rules if they had known. |
El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | hubiere contrariado | Para entonces, ya hubiere contrariados sus planes. By then, his plans will have already been thwarted. | |
Tú | hubieres contrariados | Es posible que tú hubieres contrariados sus expectativas. It's possible that you will have disappointed his expectations. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere contrariados | Cuando llegue, él hubiere contrariados los resultados. When he arrives, he will have upset the results. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéremos contrariados | Para entonces, nosotros hubiéremos contrariados las reglas. By then, we will have broken the rules. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | hubiereis contrariados | Es probable que vosotros hubiereis contrariados las instrucciones. It's likely that you will have disobeyed the instructions. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren contrariados | Cuando lleguen, ya hubieren contrariados las órdenes. When they arrive, they will have already disobeyed the orders. |
El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | contraría | No me contraríes en público. Don't upset me in public. | |
Tú | contraría | Contraría a tu hermano si lo necesitas. Upset your brother if you need to. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | contrarie | Contrarie a los demás con respeto. Upset others with respect. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | contrariemos | Contrariemos las malas noticias juntos. Let's upset the bad news together. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | contrariad | Contrariad las decisiones injustas. Upset the unfair decisions. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | contrarien | Contrarien a los que actúan mal. Upset those who act badly. |
El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | no contrarío | No contrarío tus decisiones. I do not oppose your decisions. | |
Tú | no contraries | No contraries esa idea. Don't oppose that idea. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | no contraríe | No contraríe sus planes. Don't oppose his/her plans. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | no contraríamos | No contraríamos esa propuesta. Let's not oppose that proposal. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | no contraréis | No contraréis las reglas. Don't oppose the rules. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | no contraríen | No contraríen las decisiones del jefe. Don't oppose the boss's decisions. |
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