contemplar
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== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin contemplāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [kun.təmˈpla]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [kon.təmˈpla]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [kon.temˈplaɾ]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [kon.temˈpla]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
=== Verb ===
contemplar (first-person singular present contemplo, first-person singular preterite contemplí, past participle contemplat)
(transitive) to contemplate
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
contemplació
contemplatiu
=== Further reading ===
“contemplar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“contemplar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“contemplar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “contemplar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin contemplō, contemplāre.
=== Verb ===
contemplar (first-person singular present contemplo, first-person singular preterite contemplei, past participle contemplado)
(transitive) to contemplate
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
contemplación
contemplativo
=== Further reading ===
“contemplar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
“contemplar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
== Interlingua ==
=== Verb ===
contemplar
to contemplate
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin contemplāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: con‧tem‧plar
=== Verb ===
contemplar (first-person singular present contemplo, first-person singular preterite contemplei, past participle contemplado)
(transitive) to behold (to look at with awe)
to contemplate (think about something in a concentrated manner)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
contemplação
contemplativo
=== Further reading ===
“contemplar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“contemplar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romansh ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin contemplāre.
=== Verb ===
contemplar
(Sursilvan, Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) to contemplate
(Sursilvan, Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) to observe
Synonym: vurdar (Sutsilvan; Surmiran)
==== Conjugation ====
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin contemplāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kontemˈplaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ẽmˈplaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: con‧tem‧plar
=== Verb ===
contemplar (first-person singular present contemplo, first-person singular preterite contemplé, past participle contemplado)
to contemplate
to behold
to regard
(neologism) to envisage
(neologism, anglicism) to foresee, anticipate, prevent
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“contemplar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025