contestar — to answer (a question/ person/ message)

contestar · contestando · contestado infinitive · gerund · participle

+a+[a + pregunta/persona/mensaje]+[teléfono/llamada/puerta]+[a + madre/profesor/jefe]

Meanings of contestar

to answer (a question/ person/ message) +[a + pregunta/ persona/ mensaje]

El profesor hizo una pregunta y nadie quiso contestar.The teacher asked a question and nobody wanted to answer.

to answer (the phone/ a call/ the door) +[teléfono/ llamada/ puerta]

Sonó el teléfono varias veces, pero nadie lo contestó.The phone rang several times, but nobody answered it.

to talk back (to your mother/ teacher/ boss) +[a + madre/ profesor/ jefe]

No le contestes así a tu madre, es una falta de respeto.Don’t talk back to your mother like that; it’s disrespectful.

to answer/ fill in (an exam/ a questionnaire/ the questions) +[examen/ cuestionario/ preguntas]

Contesta todas las preguntas del examen antes de entregarlo.Answer all the exam questions before handing it in.

responder · answerreplicar · reply/ retort

ignorar · ignorepreguntar · ask

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