contradecir Conditional Conjugation
contradecir — to contradict
The conditional is regular: contradeciría, contradecirías, contradeciría.
contradecir Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use the conditional to say you 'would' contradict someone if you had the chance, or to express politeness and hypotheticals.
Notes on contradecir in the Conditional
Like the future, contradecir is regular in the conditional, unlike its root verb 'decir'.
Example Sentences
Yo no te contradeciría si tuvieras razón.
I wouldn't contradict you if you were right.
yo
¿Contradecirías al jefe en público?
Would you contradict the boss in public?
tú
Eso contradeciría todo lo que hemos hecho.
That would contradict everything we have done.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'contradiría'.
Correct: The correct form is contradeciría.
Why: Contradecir does not shorten its stem in the conditional like 'decir' does.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: contradigo
Contradecir is highly irregular in the present, following the pattern of 'decir' with a 'g' in the 'yo' form and an e-to-i stem change.
Preterite
yo: contradije
The preterite of contradecir uses the irregular 'j' stem: contradije, contradijiste, contradijo.
Imperfect
yo: contradecía
Contradecir is regular in the imperfect: contradecía, contradecías, contradecía.
Future
yo: contradeciré
The future tense is regular for contradecir: contradeciré, contradecirás, contradecirá.
Present Subjunctive
yo: contradiga
The present subjunctive uses the 'contradiga-' stem, derived from the 'yo' form of the present indicative.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: contradijera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'contradije-' stem: contradijera, contradijeras, etc.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: contradice
The imperative uses 'contradice' (tú) and 'contradiga' (usted) for direct commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no contradigas
The negative imperative uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms: no contradigas, no contradiga.