contender
Portuguese, verb/kõ.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
contender is spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-D-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contender is a Portuguese verb meaning “to contend (to strive in opposition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “manter contenda sobre”.
What does contender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to contend (to strive in opposition)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. manter contenda sobre 2. entrar em disputa por 3. mostrar-se igual ou superior a
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo contender 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo contender 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo contender 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo contender
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of contender
- contendo first-person present singular
- contendi first-person preterite singular
- contendido participle past
- contenderes infinitive second-person singular
- contendermos first-person infinitive plural
- contenderdes infinitive plural second-person
- contenderem infinitive plural third-person
- contendendo gerund
- contendidos masculine participle past
- contendida feminine participle past
- contendidas feminine participle past
- contendes indicative present second-person
- contende indicative present singular
- contendemos first-person indicative plural
- contendeis indicative plural present
- contendem indicative plural present
- contendia first-person imperfect indicative
- contendias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contender?
- Brazil /kõ.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kõ.tẽˈde(h)]
- /kõ.tẽˈde(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
contender appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).