acertar Conditional Conjugation
acertar — to get right
The conditional is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive 'acertar'.
acertar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use it to say what 'would' happen or to express a polite doubt about whether someone would get a guess right.
Notes on acertar in the Conditional
Acertar is regular in the conditional. Keep the whole infinitive and add the endings.
Example Sentences
Yo acertaría si tuviera más pistas.
I would get it right if I had more clues.
yo
¿Crees que ellos acertarían el código?
Do you think they would guess the code correctly?
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Sin tu ayuda, no acertaríamos nunca.
Without your help, we would never get it right.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the 'í'.
Correct: acertaría
Why: All conditional endings must have a written accent on the 'i'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: acierto
Acertar is a 'boot verb' where the 'e' changes to 'ie' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: acerté
In the preterite, acertar is completely regular: acerté, acertaste, acertó, acertamos, acertasteis, acertaron.
Imperfect
yo: acertaba
The imperfect of acertar is regular: acertaba, acertabas, acertaba, acertábamos, acertabais, acertaban.
Future
yo: acertaré
The future is regular: just add -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive 'acertar'.
Present Subjunctive
yo: acierte
The present subjunctive follows the 'ie' stem change: acierte, aciertes, acierte, acertemos, acertéis, acierten.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: acertara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite stem: acertara, acertaras, acertara, acertáramos, acertarais, acertaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: acierta
The affirmative command uses 'acierta' (tú) and 'acierte' (usted), following the stem change.
Negative Imperative
yo: no aciertes
Negative commands use 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms: no aciertes, no acierte, no acertemos, no acertéis, no acierten.