contestar
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Contesta el teléfono.
Answer the phone.
contestar present indicative
Habitual and ongoing actions in the present.
contestar present continuous
Action in progress right now. Periphrastic: estar (present) + gerund.
contestar preterite
Completed actions at a specific moment in the past.
contestar imperfect
Habitual past actions, descriptions, background.
contestar present perfect
Completed actions with present relevance. Auxiliary haber + participle.
contestar future
Actions yet to happen.
contestar informal future
Near-future plans. Periphrastic: ir (present) + a + infinitive.
contestar future perfect
Action that will have been completed by a future moment. Auxiliary haber (future) + participle.
contestar conditional
Hypothetical or polite would-actions.
contestar conditional perfect
Hypothetical past: would have done. Auxiliary haber (conditional) + participle.
contestar pluperfect
An action completed before another past action.
contestar subjunctive present
Desires, doubts, and hypotheticals in the present.
contestar subjunctive imperfect
Past subjunctive: desires, doubts, hypotheticals in the past.
contestar subjunctive present perfect
Completed actions in subjunctive contexts.
contestar subjunctive pluperfect
Past-perfect actions in subjunctive contexts.
contestar imperative (affirmative)
Affirmative commands.
contestar imperative (negative)
Negative commands: borrows subjunctive present.