contramarchar

Spanish

Etymology

From contra- +‎ marchar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontɾamaɾˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.maɾˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧mar‧char

Verb

contramarchar (first-person singular present contramarcho, first-person singular preterite contramarché, past participle contramarchado)

1. (intransitive, military) to countermarch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contramarchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			contramarchar
gerund			contramarchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contramarchado		contramarchada
		plural		contramarchados		contramarchadas
		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	contramarcho	contramarchastú contramarchásvos	contramarcha	contramarchamos	contramarcháis	contramarchan
	imperfect	contramarchaba	contramarchabas	contramarchaba	contramarchábamos	contramarchabais	contramarchaban
	preterite	contramarché	contramarchaste	contramarchó	contramarchamos	contramarchasteis	contramarcharon
	future	contramarcharé	contramarcharás	contramarchará	contramarcharemos	contramarcharéis	contramarcharán
	conditional	contramarcharía	contramarcharías	contramarcharía	contramarcharíamos	contramarcharíais	contramarcharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contramarche	contramarchestú contramarchésvos2	contramarche	contramarchemos	contramarchéis	contramarchen
	imperfect (ra)	contramarchara	contramarcharas	contramarchara	contramarcháramos	contramarcharais	contramarcharan
	imperfect (se)	contramarchase	contramarchases	contramarchase	contramarchásemos	contramarchaseis	contramarchasen
	future1	contramarchare	contramarchares	contramarchare	contramarcháremos	contramarchareis	contramarcharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		contramarchatú contramarchávos	contramarche	contramarchemos	contramarchad	contramarchen
	negative		no contramarches	no contramarche	no contramarchemos	no contramarchéis	no contramarchen

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

Further reading

• “contramarchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014