
atacar Future Conjugation
atacar — to attack
The future of atacar is regular: just add the endings to the infinitive (atacaré, atacarás, etc.).
atacar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this for planned strategies, upcoming sports matches, or to express a logical guess about who is attacking.
Notes on atacar in the Future
This verb is fully regular in the future tense.
Example Sentences
El ejército atacará al amanecer.
The army will attack at dawn.
él/ella/usted
Si no hay acuerdo, atacaremos con más fuerza.
If there is no agreement, we will attack with more force.
nosotros
Mañana los medios atacarán al político.
Tomorrow the media will attack the politician.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: atacaeré
Correct: atacaré
Why: Don't add extra vowels; the future tense is formed by adding endings directly to the full infinitive 'atacar'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: ataco
Atacar is a regular -ar verb in the present tense: ataco, atacas, ataca, atacamos, atacáis, atacan.
Preterite
yo: ataqué
The preterite of atacar features a spelling change in the 'yo' form (ataqué) to keep the hard 'k' sound.
Imperfect
yo: atacaba
The imperfect of atacar is regular: atacaba, atacabas, atacaba, atacábamos, atacabais, atacaban.
Conditional
yo: atacaría
The conditional of atacar is regular: atacaría, atacarías, atacaría, atacaríamos, atacaríais, atacarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: ataque
The present subjunctive of atacar uses 'qu' in all forms: ataque, ataques, ataque, ataquemos, ataquéis, ataquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: atacara
The imperfect subjunctive of atacar is regular: atacara, atacaras, atacara, atacáramos, atacarais, atacaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: ataca
The imperative of atacar gives direct orders: ataca (tú), atacad (vosotros), or ataque (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no ataques
Negative commands for atacar always use the 'qu' spelling: no ataques, no ataque, no ataquemos, no ataquéis, no ataquen.