contestar
A. -transitive verb
1. (=responder) to answer, reply
[+saludo] to return
·contesté todas las preguntas
·I answered all the questions
·contestar al teléfono
·to answer the telephone
·contestar una carta
·to reply to a letter
·le pregunté que si vendría y contestó que nouní
·I asked him if he would come and he replied that he would
2. (=replicar) to answer back
·no le contestes así a tu madre
·don't answer your mother back like that, don't talk back to your mother like that
3. (law, legal) to corroborate, confirm
B. -intransitive verb
1. (=responder) to answer, reply
·abstenerse de contestar
·to make no reply
·no contestan
·there'noun no reply o answer
2. (politics) to protest