alentar Conditional Conjugation
alentar — to encourage
The conditional of alentar is regular: alentaría, alentarías, alentaría, alentaríamos, alentaríais, alentarían.
alentar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use the conditional to say you 'would' encourage someone if a certain condition were met, or to make a polite suggestion.
Notes on alentar in the Conditional
Alentar is regular in the conditional. The endings are added directly to the infinitive.
Example Sentences
Yo te alentaría si viera que te rindes.
I would encourage you if I saw you giving up.
yo
¿Alentarías a tu rival si jugara bien?
Would you cheer for your rival if they played well?
tú
Nosotros alentaríamos más si el clima fuera mejor.
We would cheer more if the weather were better.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Confusing the conditional with the imperfect 'alentaba'.
Correct: alentaría
Why: Conditional ends in -ría and implies a hypothetical; imperfect ends in -aba and implies a past habit.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: aliento
Alentar is a stem-changing verb where 'e' becomes 'ie' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: alenté
Alentar is completely regular in the preterite; it does NOT have a stem change here.
Imperfect
yo: alentaba
The imperfect of alentar is regular: alentaba, alentabas, alentaba, alentábamos, alentabais, alentaban.
Future
yo: alentaré
The future tense is regular: alentaré, alentarás, alentará, alentaremos, alentaréis, alentarán.
Present Subjunctive
yo: aliente
The present subjunctive of alentar features the e > ie stem change: aliente, alientes, aliente, alentemos, alentéis, alienten.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: alentara
The imperfect subjunctive of alentar is regular: alentara, alentaras, alentara, alentáramos, alentarais, alentaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: alienta
The imperative uses 'alienta' (tú) and 'aliente' (usted/ustedes), maintaining the stem change.
Negative Imperative
yo: no alientes
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no alientes, no aliente, no alentemos, no alentéis, no alienten.