controvertir
Spanish, verb/kontɾobeɾˈtiɾ/
controvertir is spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-V-E-R-T-I-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 153,784th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Controvertir is a Spanish verb meaning “to controvert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Discutir detenidamente tomando en cuenta opiniones opuestas”.
What does controvertir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to controvert
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Discutir detenidamente tomando en cuenta opiniones opuestas.
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 controvertir
- controvierto first-person present singular
- controvertí first-person preterite singular
- controvertido participle past
- e-ie-i alternation
- controvirtiendo gerund
- controvertida feminine participle past
- controvertidos masculine participle past
- controvertidas feminine participle past
- controviertes indicative informal present
- controvertís indicative informal present
- controvierte indicative present singular
- controvertimos first-person indicative plural
- controvierten indicative plural present
- controvertía first-person imperfect indicative
- controvertías imperfect indicative second-person
- controvertíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- controvertíais imperfect indicative plural
- controvertían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce controvertir?
- /kontɾobeɾˈtiɾ/
- [kõn̪.t̪ɾo.β̞eɾˈt̪iɾ]
- [kõn̪t̪ɾoβ̞eɾˈt̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is controvertir in Spanish?
controvertir appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).