ahogar Present Conjugation
ahogar — to drown
The present tense of ahogar is regular: ahogo, ahogas, ahoga, ahogamos, ahogáis, ahogan.
ahogar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use this for habitual actions (like a plant drowning in too much water) or things happening right now.
Notes on ahogar in the Present
Ahogar is completely regular in the present indicative.
Example Sentences
Siempre me ahogo cuando como muy rápido.
I always choke when I eat too fast.
yo
Esta bufanda me ahoga un poco.
This scarf is suffocating me a bit.
él/ella/usted
Si riegas mucho la flor, la ahogas.
If you water the flower too much, you drown it.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Thinking there is a stem change like 'o' to 'ue'.
Correct: It is 'ahogo', not 'ahuego'.
Why: Ahogar does not follow the o->ue stem-changing pattern.
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Related Tenses
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.
Future
yo: ahogaré
The future tense of ahogar is regular: ahogaré, ahogarás, ahogará, 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.