Spanish verb contrariar conjugation

contrariar
to oppose, to contradict, to annoy
regular verbPast participle: contrariadoGerund: contrariando

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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Complete conjugation of contrariar

Indicative Present

El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocontrario
No quiero contrariar tus ideas.
I don't want to contradict your ideas.
contrarias
Tú siempre contrarias mis opiniones.
You always contradict my opinions.
Él / Ella / Ustedcontraría
Él no quiere contrariar a nadie.
He doesn't want to upset anyone.
Nosotros / Nosotrascontrariamos
Nosotros no pretendemos contraríar a nadie.
We don't intend to upset anyone.
Vosotros / Vosotrascontrariáis
Vosotros siempre contrariáis las decisiones.
You all always contradict the decisions.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescontrarian
Ellos no desean contraríar las reglas.
They don't want to break the rules.

Indicative Preterite

El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocontrarié
Ayer contrarié a mi amigo.
Yesterday I annoyed my friend.
contrariste
Tú contrariste a tu hermano.
You annoyed your brother.
Él / Ella / Ustedcontrarié
Él contrarié a su jefe.
He annoyed his boss.
Nosotros / Nosotrascontrariamos
Nosotros contrariamos a los vecinos.
We annoyed the neighbors.
Vosotros / Vosotrascontraristeis
Vosotros contrariasteis a los profesores.
You all annoyed the teachers.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescontrariaron
Ellos contrariaron a los clientes.
They annoyed the clients.

Indicative Imperfect

El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocontrariaba
Yo contrariaba sus opiniones siempre.
I used to oppose his opinions always.
contrariabas
Tú contrariabas las reglas frecuentemente.
You used to contradict the rules frequently.
Él / Ella / Ustedcontrariaba
Ella contrariaba a sus padres a menudo.
She used to contradict her parents often.
Nosotros / Nosotrascontrariábamos
Nosotros contrariábamos las decisiones del jefe.
We used to oppose the boss's decisions.
Vosotros / Vosotrascontrariabais
Vosotros contrariabais las instrucciones siempre.
You all used to contradict the instructions always.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescontrariaban
Ellos contrariaban las órdenes del profesor.
They used to oppose the teacher's orders.

Indicative Present Continuous

El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoestoy contrariando
Estoy contrariando a mi hermano ahora mismo.
I am upsetting my brother right now.
estás contrariando
Estás contrariando a tus amigos con esa actitud.
You are upsetting your friends with that attitude.
Él / Ella / Ustedestá contrariando
Ella está contrariando las reglas del juego.
She is upsetting the rules of the game.
Nosotros / Nosotrasestamos contrariando
Estamos contrariando las expectativas del equipo.
We are upsetting the team's expectations.
Vosotros / Vosotrasestáis contrariando
Vosotros estáis contrariando a los profesores.
You all are upsetting the teachers.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesestán contrariando
Los niños están contrariando a sus padres.
The children are upsetting their parents.

Indicative Informal Future

El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yovoy a contrariar
Voy a contrariar a mi hermano mañana.
I am going to upset my brother tomorrow.
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 / Ustedva a contrariar
Él va a contrariar a su jefe con esa decisión.
He is going to upset his boss with that decision.
Nosotros / Nosotrasvamos a contrariar
Vamos a contrariar a los vecinos con el ruido.
We are going to upset the neighbors with the noise.
Vosotros / Vosotrasvais 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 / Ustedesvan a contrariar
Ellos van a contrariar a sus padres con esa decisión.
They are going to upset their parents with that decision.

Indicative Future

El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocontrariaré
Contrariaré sus decisiones mañana.
I will oppose his decisions tomorrow.
contrariarás
Contrariarás las reglas si insistes.
You will oppose the rules if you insist.
Él / Ella / Ustedcontrariará
Ella contrariará las instrucciones.
She will oppose the instructions.
Nosotros / Nosotrascontrariamos
Contrariamos sus opiniones en la reunión.
We will oppose their opinions at the meeting.
Vosotros / Vosotrascontrariaréis
Vosotros contrariaréis las decisiones del jefe.
You all will oppose the boss's decisions.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescontrariarán
Ellos contrariarán las propuestas nuevas.
They will oppose the new proposals.

Indicative Conditional

El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocontrariaría
Yo contrariaría esa decisión si pudiera.
I would oppose that decision if I could.
contrariarías
Tú contrariarías las reglas si supieras la verdad.
You would oppose the rules if you knew the truth.
Él / Ella / Ustedcontrariaría
Él contrariaría las órdenes del jefe.
He would oppose the boss's orders.
Nosotros / Nosotrascontrariaríamos
Nosotros contrariaríamos las expectativas si actuáramos diferente.
We would oppose the expectations if we acted differently.
Vosotros / Vosotrascontrariaríaís
Vosotros contrariaríaís las normas si las conocierais.
You all would oppose the rules if you knew them.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescontrariarían
Ellos contrariarían las decisiones si supieran la verdad.
They would oppose the decisions if they knew the truth.

Indicative Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohe contrariando
He estado contrariando sus ideas.
I have been contradicting his ideas.
has contrariando
Has estado contrariando las reglas.
You have been contradicting the rules.
Él / Ella / Ustedha contrariando
Ella ha estado contrariando a todos.
She has been contradicting everyone.
Nosotros / Nosotrashemos contrariando
Hemos estado contrariando las instrucciones.
We have been contradicting the instructions.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabéis contrariando
Habéis estado contrariando las órdenes.
You all have been contradicting the orders.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshan contrariando
Han estado contrariando las decisiones.
They have been contradicting the decisions.

Indicative Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabía contrariado
Yo había contrariado sus expectativas.
I had disappointed his expectations.
habías contrariado
Tú habías contrariado a todos.
You had upset everyone.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabía contrariado
Ella había contrariado las reglas.
She had broken the rules.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabíamos contrariado
Nosotros habíamos contrariado a los profesores.
We had upset the teachers.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabíais contrariado
Vosotros habíais contrariado a los vecinos.
You all had annoyed the neighbors.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabían contrariado
Ellos habían contrariado las órdenes.
They had disobeyed the orders.

Indicative Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabré contrariado
Para entonces, ya habré contrariado a todos.
By then, I will have annoyed everyone.
habrás contrariado
Seguramente habrás contrariado a alguien.
You will have annoyed someone.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabrá contrariado
Él habrá contrariado a su jefe.
He will have annoyed his boss.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabremos contrariado
Nosotros habremos contrariado a muchos.
We will have annoyed many.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabréis contrariado
Vosotros habréis contrariado a los vecinos.
You all will have annoyed the neighbors.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabrán contrariado
Ellos habrán contrariado a la autoridad.
They will have annoyed the authorities.

Indicative Conditional Perfect

El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabría contrariando
Yo habría contrariando sus expectativas.
I would have upset his expectations.
habrías contrariando
Tú habrías contrariando las reglas.
You would have upset the rules.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabría contrariando
Él habría contrariando las instrucciones.
He would have upset the instructions.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabríamos contrariando
Nosotros habríamos contrariando sus deseos.
We would have upset his wishes.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabríais contrariando
Vosotros habríais contrariando las órdenes.
You all would have upset the orders.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabrían contrariando
Ellos habrían contrariando las normas.
They would have upset the norms.

Subjunctive Present

El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocontrarie
Espero que eso no me contraríe.
I hope that doesn't upset me.
contraries
Es importante que no contraries a tus amigos.
It's important that you don't upset your friends.
Él / Ella / Ustedcontrarie
Es posible que ella contrarie las reglas.
It's possible that she upsets the rules.
Nosotros / Nosotrascontrariemos
Queremos que no nos contraríen con esas decisiones.
We want them not to upset us with those decisions.
Vosotros / Vosotrascontrariéis
Es mejor que no contraríéis a los profesores.
It's better that you don't upset the teachers.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescontraríen
Es probable que ellas contraríen a sus padres.
It's likely that they upset their parents.

Subjunctive Imperfect

El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocontrariara
Esperaba que él contrariara las reglas.
I hoped that he would contradict the rules.
contrariaras
No creía que tú contrariaras a todos.
I didn't think that you would contradict everyone.
Él / Ella / Ustedcontrariara
Quería que ella contrariara sus opiniones.
I wanted her to contradict her opinions.
Nosotros / Nosotrascontrariáramos
Era importante que nosotros contrariáramos las expectativas.
It was important that we contradicted the expectations.
Vosotros / Vosotrascontrariarais
Dudaba que vosotros contrariarais las órdenes.
I doubted that you all would contradict the orders.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescontrariaran
No creían que ellos contrariaran las instrucciones.
They didn't believe that they would contradict the instructions.

Subjunctive Future

El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocontrariare
Si me contraríes, te lo diré.
If you oppose me, I will tell you.
contrarires
Cuando contrarieres las reglas, te sancionaré.
When you oppose the rules, I will sanction you.
Él / Ella / Ustedcontrariere
Si él contrarire la decisión, cambiará todo.
If he oppose the decision, everything will change.
Nosotros / Nosotrascontrariéremos
Si nosotros contraréremos sus planes, sería difícil.
If we oppose their plans, it would be difficult.
Vosotros / Vosotrascontrariereis
Cuando contrarereis las normas, os castigarán.
When you oppose the rules, you will be punished.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescontrarieren
Si ellos contrarieren la ley, actuarán en consecuencia.
If they oppose the law, they will act accordingly.

Subjunctive Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohaya contrariado
Espero que haya contrariado a todos.
I hope I have upset everyone.
hayas contrariado
Es posible que hayas contrariado a tu jefe.
It's possible that you have upset your boss.
Él / Ella / Ustedhaya contrariado
Es probable que él haya contrariado las reglas.
It's likely that he has upset the rules.
Nosotros / Nosotrashayamos contrariado
Quizá hayamos contrariado a alguien sin querer.
Maybe we have upset someone unintentionally.
Vosotros / Vosotrashayáis contrariado
¿Habéis contrariado las instrucciones?
Have you upset the instructions?
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshayan contrariado
Es posible que hayan contrariado las expectativas.
It's possible that they have upset the expectations.

Subjunctive Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohubiera contrariado
Si hubiera contrariado sus expectativas, habría pedido disculpas.
If I had disappointed his expectations, I would have apologized.
hubieras contrariado
Es posible que hubieras contrariado las reglas sin querer.
You might have broken the rules unintentionally.
Él / Ella / Ustedhubiera contrariado
Ella habría contrariado a sus padres si hubiera sabido.
She would have disappointed her parents if she had known.
Nosotros / Nosotrashubiéramos contrariado
Nosotros habríamos contrariado las instrucciones sin querer.
We would have broken the instructions unintentionally.
Vosotros / Vosotrashubierais contrariado
Vosotros habríais contrariado las expectativas del profesor.
You all would have disappointed the teacher's expectations.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshubieran contrariado
Ellos habrían contrariado las normas si hubieran sabido.
They would have broken the rules if they had known.

Subjunctive Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohubiere contrariado
Para entonces, ya hubiere contrariados sus planes.
By then, his plans will have already been thwarted.
hubieres contrariados
Es posible que tú hubieres contrariados sus expectativas.
It's possible that you will have disappointed his expectations.
Él / Ella / Ustedhubiere contrariados
Cuando llegue, él hubiere contrariados los resultados.
When he arrives, he will have upset the results.
Nosotros / Nosotrashubiéremos contrariados
Para entonces, nosotros hubiéremos contrariados las reglas.
By then, we will have broken the rules.
Vosotros / Vosotrashubiereis contrariados
Es probable que vosotros hubiereis contrariados las instrucciones.
It's likely that you will have disobeyed the instructions.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshubieren contrariados
Cuando lleguen, ya hubieren contrariados las órdenes.
When they arrive, they will have already disobeyed the orders.

Imperative Affirmative

El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocontraría
No me contraríes en público.
Don't upset me in public.
contraría
Contraría a tu hermano si lo necesitas.
Upset your brother if you need to.
Él / Ella / Ustedcontrarie
Contrarie a los demás con respeto.
Upset others with respect.
Nosotros / Nosotrascontrariemos
Contrariemos las malas noticias juntos.
Let's upset the bad news together.
Vosotros / Vosotrascontrariad
Contrariad las decisiones injustas.
Upset the unfair decisions.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescontrarien
Contrarien a los que actúan mal.
Upset those who act badly.

Imperative Negative

El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yono contrarío
No contrarío tus decisiones.
I do not oppose your decisions.
no contraries
No contraries esa idea.
Don't oppose that idea.
Él / Ella / Ustedno contraríe
No contraríe sus planes.
Don't oppose his/her plans.
Nosotros / Nosotrasno contraríamos
No contraríamos esa propuesta.
Let's not oppose that proposal.
Vosotros / Vosotrasno contraréis
No contraréis las reglas.
Don't oppose the rules.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesno contraríen
No contraríen las decisiones del jefe.
Don't oppose the boss's decisions.

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