abarcar Conditional Conjugation
abarcar — to cover
The conditional of abarcar is regular: abarcaría, abarcarías, abarcaría.
abarcar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use this for 'would' scenarios—what a project would cover if it had more funding, or to make polite suggestions.
Notes on abarcar in the Conditional
Abarcar is regular in the conditional. The stem is the infinitive 'abarcar'.
Example Sentences
Ese libro abarcaría más si tuviera más páginas.
That book would cover more if it had more pages.
él/ella/usted
¿Abarcarías tú el turno de noche?
Would you cover the night shift?
tú
Abarcaríamos más terreno con un coche.
We would cover more ground with a car.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: abarquaría
Correct: abarcaría
Why: The spelling change is not needed here because the 'c' is followed by 'a', keeping the hard 'k' sound naturally.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: abarco
Abarcar is completely regular in the present indicative (abarco, abarcas, abarca).
Preterite
yo: abarqué
Abarcar is regular in the preterite except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'abarqué'.
Imperfect
yo: abarcaba
The imperfect of abarcar is regular: abarcaba, abarcabas, abarcaba.
Future
yo: abarcaré
The future tense of abarcar is regular: abarcaré, abarcarás, abarcará.
Present Subjunctive
yo: abarque
The present subjunctive of abarcar undergoes a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms (abarque, abarques).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: abarcara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular for abarcar, using the stem 'abarcara' based on the preterite 'abarcaron'.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: abarca
The imperative of abarcar uses 'abarca' for tú and 'abarquen' for ustedes (with a spelling change).
Negative Imperative
yo: no abarques
The negative imperative always uses the 'qu' spelling change: no abarques, no abarque.