alentar Future Conjugation
alentar — to encourage
The future tense is regular: alentaré, alentarás, alentará, alentaremos, alentaréis, alentarán.
alentar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future to express that you will support someone later or to state a probability about who is cheering.
Notes on alentar in the Future
Alentar is regular in the future. Just add the endings to the full infinitive.
Example Sentences
Te alentaré en tu nueva etapa profesional.
I will encourage you in your new professional stage.
yo
Estamos seguros de que ellos nos alentarán.
We are sure that they will cheer for us.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Mañana alentaremos a los voluntarios en la limpieza.
Tomorrow we will encourage the volunteers during the cleanup.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding a stem change: 'alientaré'.
Correct: alentaré
Why: The future tense uses the infinitive as the base; it never uses the present tense stem change.
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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.
Conditional
yo: alentaría
The conditional of alentar is regular: alentaría, alentarías, alentaría, alentaríamos, alentaríais, alentarían.
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.