acertar Future Conjugation
acertar — to get right
The future is regular: just add -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive 'acertar'.
acertar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to predict that someone will get something right or to express probability about a current guess.
Notes on acertar in the Future
Acertar is regular in the future. No stem changes or dropped letters here.
Example Sentences
Verás que acertarás con esta decisión.
You'll see that you will be right with this decision.
tú
Algún día acertaremos el gordo de Navidad.
Someday we will hit the Christmas jackpot.
nosotros
Si estudias, acertarás todas las preguntas.
If you study, you will get all the questions right.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'aciertaré'.
Correct: acertaré
Why: The future tense uses the full infinitive as the stem; do not use the 'ie' change.
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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.
Conditional
yo: acertaría
The conditional is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the 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.