contar
Spanish, verb/konˈtaɾ/
contar is spelled C-O-N-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 74 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contar is a Spanish verb meaning “to count; to tally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enumerar un grupo de cosas pertenecientes a la misma clase”.
What does contar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to count; to tally
- 2
to tell (a story); narrate
Cuéntame la verdad, o te vas a quedar aquí toda la noche.
- 3
to be (a certain number of years of age)
Cuando contaba treinta años.
- 4
to rely
- 5
to have available
Contamos con suficiente personal para atenderle apropiadamente.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Enumerar un grupo de cosas pertenecientes a la misma clase. 2. Relatar una serie de acontecimientos. 3. Disponer.
verb: 1. Cobrar importancia algo aparentemente insignificante. 2. Acompañado de la preposición con (contar con), confiar en una persona o una circunstancia específica.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of contar
- cuento first-person present singular
- conté first-person preterite singular
- contado participle past
- o-ue alternation
- contando gerund
- contada feminine participle past
- contados masculine participle past
- contadas feminine participle past
- cuentas indicative informal present
- contás indicative informal present
- cuenta indicative present singular
- contamos first-person indicative plural
- contáis indicative plural present
- cuentan indicative plural present
- contaba first-person imperfect indicative
- contabas imperfect indicative second-person
- contábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- contabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contar?
- /konˈtaɾ/
- [kõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contar in Spanish?
contar appears 74 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).