Spanish Verb CONTRIBUIR - to contribute. Irregular IR family

Spanish Verb CONTRIBUIR: to contribute

The Spanish verb contribuir means 'to contribute' and is an irregular Spanish IR verb.

To remember this, imagine "I will CONTRIBUTE to building the WEIR!" says the rich benefactor.

Around 50 verbs are conjugated like contribuir, and for half of July a new irregular IR verb is featured each day to enable you to consolidate this IR verb family. You will learn other verbs such as atribuir, constituir, disminuir, huir, sustituir and many others.

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Read on, below the CONTRIBUIR verb table...

to contribute: contribuir
"I will CONTRIBUTE to building the WEIR!"
says the rich benefactor.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE CONTRIBUIR - to contribute
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb contribuir
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente contribute	contribuyo	contribuyes	contribuye	contribuimos	contribuís	contribuyen
Imperfect Imperfecto contributed	contribuía	contribuías	contribuía	contribuíamos	contribuíais	contribuían
Preterit Pretérito contributed	contribuí	contribuiste	contribuyó	contribuimos	contribuisteis	contribuyeron
Future Futuro will contribute	contribuiré	contribuirás	contribuirá	contribuiremos	contribuiréis	contribuirán
Conditional Condicional would contribute	contribuiría	contribuirías	contribuiría	contribuiríamos	contribuiríais	contribuirían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may contribute	contribuya	contribuyas	contribuya	contribuyamos	contribuyáis	contribuyan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might contribute	contribuyera	contribuyeras	contribuyera	contribuyéramos	contribuyerais	contribuyeran
	contribuyese	contribuyeses	contribuyese	contribuyésemos	contribuyeseis	contribuyesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb contribuir - to contribute
Imperative Imperativo contribute!		¡contribuye!	¡contribuya!	¡contribuyamos!	¡contribuid!	¡contribuyan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't contribute!		¡no contribuyas!	¡no contribuya!	¡no contribuyamos!	¡no contribuyáis!	¡no contribuyan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb CONTRIBUIR Past Participle: contribuido - contributed
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have contributed	he contribuido	has contribuido	ha contribuido	hemos contribuido	habéis contribuido	han contribuido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had contributed	hube contribuido	hubiste contribuido	hubo contribuido	hubimos contribuido	hubisteis contribuido	hubieron contribuido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had contributed	había contribuido	habías contribuido	había contribuido	habíamos contribuido	habíais contribuido	habían contribuido
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have contributed	haya contribuido	hayas contribuido	haya contribuido	hayamos contribuido	hayáis contribuido	hayan contribuido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have contributed	habré contribuido	habrás contribuido	habrá contribuido	habremos contribuido	habréis contribuido	habrán contribuido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have contributed	habría contribuido	habrías contribuido	habría contribuido	habríamos contribuido	habríais contribuido	habrían contribuido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have contributed	hubiera contribuido	hubieras contribuido	hubiera contribuido	hubiéramos contribuido	hubierais contribuido	hubieran contribuido
	hubiese contribuido	hubieses contribuido	hubiese contribuido	hubiésemos contribuido	hubieseis contribuido	hubiesen contribuido
Progressive Tenses CONTRIBUIR Present Participle: contribuyendo - contributing
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am contributing	estoy contribuyendo	estás contribuyendo	está contribuyendo	estamos contribuyendo	está contribuyendo	están contribuyendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was contributing	estuve contribuyendo	estuviste contribuyendo	estuvo contribuyendo	estuvimos contribuyendo	estuvisteis contribuyendo	estuvieron contribuyendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been contributing	estaba contribuyendo	estabas contribuyendo	estaba contribuyendo	estábamos contribuyendo	estabais contribuyendo	estaban contribuyendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be contributing	estaré contribuyendo	estarás contribuyendo	estará contribuyendo	estaremos contribuyendo	estaréis contribuyendo	estarán contribuyendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ...ing	estaría contribuyendo	estarías contribuyendo	estabría contribuyendo	estaríamos contribuyendo	estaríais contribuyendo	estarían contribuyendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been ...ing	que ~ contribuyendo	que ~ contribuyendo	que ~ contribuyendo	que ~ contribuyendo	que ~ contribuyendo	que ~ contribuyendo

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USING the SPANISH VERB CONTRIBUIR

contribuir can also mean: to pay taxes.
contribuir con algo: to contribute something.
contribuir a algo: to contribute to something.

la contribución (nf): contribution, tax.
la contribución (territorial) urbana: local property tax, council tax.
el/la contribuyente (nmf): taxpayer (m/f).

Contribuimos a la estabilidad de nuestro país:
We are contributing to the stability of our country.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular IR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos contribuís
Imperativo: ¡contribuí!

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