Infinitive
kontribui
Forms
Tenses
| Present | kontribuas |
| Past | kontribuis |
| Future | kontribuos |
| Conditional | kontribuus |
| Imperative | kontribuu! |
Participles
| Active past | kontribuinta |
| Active present | kontribuanta |
| Active future | kontribuonta |
| Passive past | kontribuita |
| Passive present | kontributa |
| Passive future | kontribuota |
Etymology
Borrowed from English contribute, French contribuer and Italian contribuire. Learned borrowing from Latin contribuere. See: English '
contribute', French '
contribuer', Italian '
contribuire'.
Sample Sentences
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La rezulto estas kiel poezio, en kiu ĉiu vorto signife kontribuas al la rakonto. (The result is like poetry, in which each word meaningfully contributes to the story.) [2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2025:]
Translations
contribute, to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole