atardecer Future Conjugation
atardecer — to get dark
The future of atardecer is regular: atardeceré, atardecerás, atardecerá, atardeceremos, atardeceréis, atardecerán.
atardecer Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future to predict when it will get dark or to express probability about the current time.
Notes on atardecer in the Future
The future tense is formed by adding the endings directly to the infinitive 'atardecer'.
Example Sentences
Mañana atardecerá un poco más tarde.
Tomorrow it will get dark a little later.
él/ella/usted
Si salimos ahora, atardeceremos en el camino.
If we leave now, it will get dark while we are on the way.
nosotros
¿A qué hora atardecerá hoy?
What time will the sun set today?
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding a 'zc' like 'atardezcerá'.
Correct: atardecerá
Why: The future tense uses the full infinitive as the stem; no spelling changes are needed.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: atardezco
The present tense of atardecer is irregular in the 'yo' form (atardezco), but regular otherwise.
Preterite
yo: atardecí
The preterite of atardecer is regular: atardecí, atardeciste, atardeció, atardecimos, atardecisteis, atardecieron.
Imperfect
yo: atardecía
The imperfect of atardecer is regular: atardecía, atardecías, atardecía, atardecíamos, atardecíais, atardecían.
Conditional
yo: atardecería
The conditional of atardecer is regular: atardecería, atardecerías, atardecería, atardeceríamos, atardeceríais, atardecerían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: atardezca
The present subjunctive of atardecer is irregular: atardezca, atardezcas, atardezca, atardezcamos, atardezcáis, atardezcan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: atardeciera
The imperfect subjunctive of atardecer is regular: atardeciera, atardecieras, atardeciera, atardeciéramos, atardecierais, atardecieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: atardece
The imperative of atardecer is rarely used but follows the -zc- change for formal commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no atardezcas
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no atardezcas, no atardezca, no atardezcamos, no atardezcáis, no atardezcan.