contratar

B2

to contract, to take on

contratar in every tense

All six simple tenses of contratar, every person included.

Presente (present)

PersonForm
yocontrato
túcontratas
él/ella/ustedcontrata
nosotroscontratamos
vosotroscontratáis
ellos/ustedescontratan

Pretérito indefinido (preterite)

PersonForm
yocontraté
túcontrataste
él/ella/ustedcontrató
nosotroscontratamos
vosotroscontratasteis
ellos/ustedescontrataron

Pretérito imperfecto (imperfect)

PersonForm
yocontrataba
túcontratabas
él/ella/ustedcontrataba
nosotroscontratábamos
vosotroscontratabais
ellos/ustedescontrataban

Futuro simple (future)

PersonForm
yocontrataré
túcontratarás
él/ella/ustedcontratará
nosotroscontrataremos
vosotroscontrataréis
ellos/ustedescontratarán

Condicional simple (conditional)

PersonForm
yocontrataría
túcontratarías
él/ella/ustedcontrataría
nosotroscontrataríamos
vosotroscontrataríais
ellos/ustedescontratarían

Presente de subjuntivo (present subjunctive)

PersonForm
yocontrate
túcontrates
él/ella/ustedcontrate
nosotroscontratemos
vosotroscontratéis
ellos/ustedescontraten
regular

contratar in example sentences

Forms of contratar appear in 71 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation. The conjugated form is highlighted.

¿Por qué me contrataste?

Why did you hire me?

tú · preterite · Tatoeba #1993287

Ella le contrató.

She hired him.

él/ella/usted · preterite · Tatoeba #892176

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

Words from the contratar family

Forms of contratar with their own word page:

Nouns and adjectives built on the same stem:

Verbs conjugated like contratar

The same pattern (regular), nearest in the frequency list:

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