Masculine and feminine noun. A contribuyente is a person required by law to pay a tax. Asamblea Nacional exhorta al Gobierno por facilidades de pago de impuestos a los contribuyentes de El Oro → The National Assembly urges the Government to grant tax payment facilities to the taxpayers of El Oro. The verb is contribuir: to contribute. Another noun with the same root is la contribución. In Legal and administrative Spanish, contribuyente is the standard term, while in everyday English we would normally say “taxpayer.” Same idea, different register. dc.


