competer

See also: compéter

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompeˈteɾ/ [kõm.peˈt̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: com‧pe‧ter

Verb

competer (first-person singular present competo, first-person singular preterite competí, past participle competido)

1. (intransitive) to correspond (to), fall (to)

   Synonym: incumbir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of competer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			competer
gerund			competiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		competido		competida
		plural		competidos		competidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	competo	competestú competésvos	compete	competemos	competéis	competen
	imperfect	competía	competías	competía	competíamos	competíais	competían
	preterite	competí	competiste	competió	competimos	competisteis	competieron
	future	competeré	competerás	competerá	competeremos	competeréis	competerán
	conditional	competería	competerías	competería	competeríamos	competeríais	competerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	competa	competastú competásvos2	competa	competamos	competáis	competan
	imperfect (ra)	competiera	competieras	competiera	competiéramos	competierais	competieran
	imperfect (se)	competiese	competieses	competiese	competiésemos	competieseis	competiesen
	future1	competiere	competieres	competiere	competiéremos	competiereis	competieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		competetú competévos	competa	competamos	competed	competan
	negative		no competas	no competa	no competamos	no competáis	no competan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “competer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024