ahogar Future Conjugation
ahogar — to drown
The future tense of ahogar is regular: ahogaré, ahogarás, ahogará, etc.
ahogar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to predict what will happen, such as a warning that someone will drown if they aren't careful.
Notes on ahogar in the Future
Ahogar is regular in the future; simply add the endings to the infinitive.
Example Sentences
Si no nadas bien, te ahogarás.
If you don't swim well, you will drown.
tú
Las deudas nos ahogarán pronto.
The debts will overwhelm us soon.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Te aseguro que no me ahogaré en mis penas.
I assure you I won't drown in my sorrows.
yo
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent marks on the endings.
Correct: ahogaré, ahogarás, ahogará, ahogarán
Why: The future tense requires accents on all endings except 'nosotros'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: ahogo
The present tense of ahogar is regular: ahogo, ahogas, ahoga, ahogamos, ahogáis, ahogan.
Preterite
yo: ahogué
The preterite of ahogar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form: ahogué.
Imperfect
yo: ahogaba
The imperfect of ahogar is regular: ahogaba, ahogabas, ahogaba, etc.
Conditional
yo: ahogaría
The conditional of ahogar is regular: ahogaría, ahogarías, ahogaría, etc.
Present Subjunctive
yo: ahogue
The present subjunctive of ahogar requires a spelling change to 'ahogue' to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: ahogara
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'ahogara' stem and is used for hypothetical past situations.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: ahoga
The imperative of ahogar uses 'ahoga' (tú) and 'ahogue' (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no ahogues
The negative imperative always uses the spelling change: no ahogues, no ahogue.