adjudicar Present Conjugation
adjudicar — to award
The present tense of adjudicar is regular: adjudico, adjudicas, adjudica, adjudicamos, adjudicáis, adjudican.
adjudicar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use the present tense to talk about the ongoing process of awarding contracts, assigning prizes, or attributing qualities to someone as a general habit or current action.
Notes on adjudicar in the Present
Adjudicar is completely regular in the present indicative. No spelling changes occur in this tense.
Example Sentences
El comité adjudica los premios cada año.
The committee awards the prizes every year.
él/ella/usted
Siempre me adjudicas la culpa de todo.
You always attribute the blame for everything to me.
tú
Nosotros adjudicamos el contrato a la mejor oferta.
We award the contract to the best bid.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'adjudiquo' for the yo form.
Correct: adjudico
Why: The 'c' only changes to 'qu' before 'e' or 'i'. Before 'o', the 'c' maintains the 'k' sound naturally.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: adjudiqué
The preterite has a spelling change in the first person: adjudiqué, adjudicaste, adjudicó, adjudicamos, adjudicasteis, adjudicaron.
Imperfect
yo: adjudicaba
The imperfect of adjudicar is regular: adjudicaba, adjudicabas, adjudicaba, adjudicábamos, adjudicabais, adjudicaban.
Future
yo: adjudicaré
The future of adjudicar is regular: adjudicaré, adjudicarás, adjudicará, adjudicaremos, adjudicaréis, adjudicarán.
Conditional
yo: adjudicaría
The conditional of adjudicar is regular: adjudicaría, adjudicarías, adjudicaría, adjudicaríamos, adjudicaríais, adjudicarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: adjudique
The present subjunctive uses 'qu' in all forms: adjudique, adjudiques, adjudique, adjudiquemos, adjudiquéis, adjudiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: adjudicara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular: adjudicara, adjudicaras, adjudicara, adjudicáramos, adjudicarais, adjudicaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: adjudica
Commands for adjudicar: adjudica (tú), adjudique (usted), adjudiquemos (nosotros), adjudicad (vosotros), adjudiquen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no adjudiques
Negative commands use 'qu' throughout: no adjudiques, no adjudique, no adjudiquemos, no adjudiquéis, no adjudiquen.