Information about the word controvert (English → Esperanto: kontesti)

Synonyms: challenge, contest, dispute, protest, question

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/kɒntɹəˈvɜːt/
Hyphenationcon·tro·vert
Shavian alphabet𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑩𐑝𐑻𐑑

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) controvert(I) controverted
(thou) controvertest(thou) controvertedst
(he) controverts, controverteth(he) controverted
(we) controvert(we) controverted
(you) controvert(you) controverted
(they) controvert(they) controverted
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) controvert (I) controverted
(thou) controvert(thou) controverted
(he) controvert(he) controverted
(we) controvert(we) controverted
(you) controvert(you) controverted
(they) controvert(they) controverted
Imperative mood
controvert
Participles
Present participlePast participle
controvertingcontroverted

Usage samples

I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted.
The other scratched his head in perplexity, for he realized that here was an argument that would be difficult to controvert.

Translations

Catalanimpugnar; objectar
Dutchbestrijden; betwisten
Esperantokontesti; pridisputi
Faeroesemótmæla
Frenchcontester; disputer
Germanabstreiten; bestreiten
Italiancontestare; disputare
Spanishcontradecir