alegar Future Conjugation
alegar — to allege
The future of alegar is regular: add endings to the infinitive (alegaré, alegarás, alegará).
alegar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to predict what claims or arguments will be made in the future, often in a legal or formal context.
Notes on alegar in the Future
Fully regular. Just take the full infinitive 'alegar' and add the standard future endings.
Example Sentences
Mi abogado alegará que hubo un error.
My lawyer will allege that there was an error.
él/ella/usted
Si nos preguntan, alegaremos ignorancia.
If they ask us, we will claim ignorance.
nosotros
Ellos alegarán que no fueron notificados.
They will claim that they were not notified.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: alegara
Correct: alegará
Why: Without the accent, 'alegara' is the imperfect subjunctive. The accent on the last 'a' is vital for the future tense.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: alego
Alegar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present indicative: alego, alegas, alega.
Preterite
yo: alegué
Alegar is regular in the preterite except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'alegué'.
Imperfect
yo: alegaba
The imperfect of alegar is regular: alegaba, alegabas, alegaba, alegábamos.
Conditional
yo: alegaría
The conditional of alegar is regular: add -ía endings to the infinitive (alegaría, alegarías).
Present Subjunctive
yo: alegue
The present subjunctive of alegar requires a spelling change to 'alegue' to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: alegara
The imperfect subjunctive of alegar is formed regularly from the third-person plural preterite: alegara, alegaras, alegara.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: alega
The imperative of alegar uses 'alega' for tú and 'alegue' for usted.
Negative Imperative
yo: no alegues
The negative imperative of alegar uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive: no alegues, no alegue.