contender
Spanish, verb/kontenˈdeɾ/
contender is spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-D-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 60,585th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contender is a Spanish verb meaning “to contend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lidiar, pelear, batallar”.
What does contender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to contend
- 2
to contest
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Lidiar, pelear, batallar. 2. Disputar. 3. Debatir puntos de vista u opiniones.
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 contender
- contiendo first-person present singular
- contendí first-person preterite singular
- contendido participle past
- e-ie alternation
- contendiendo gerund
- contendida feminine participle past
- contendidos masculine participle past
- contendidas feminine participle past
- contiendes indicative informal present
- contendés indicative informal present
- contiende indicative present singular
- contendemos first-person indicative plural
- contendéis indicative plural present
- contienden indicative plural present
- contendía first-person imperfect indicative
- contendías imperfect indicative second-person
- contendíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- contendíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contender?
- /kontenˈdeɾ/
- [kõn̪.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- [kõn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contender in Spanish?
contender appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).