atribuir Future Conjugation
atribuir — to attribute
The future of atribuir is regular: atribuiré, atribuirás, atribuirá, atribuiremos, atribuiréis, atribuirán.
atribuir Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future to predict who will be credited with a discovery or what the likely cause of a future event will be.
Notes on atribuir in the Future
Atribuir is regular in the future. You simply add the endings to the full infinitive.
Example Sentences
La historia le atribuirá este gran invento.
History will attribute this great invention to him.
él/ella/usted
Seguro que me atribuirán la culpa.
I'm sure they will attribute the blame to me.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: atribuyeré
Correct: atribuiré
Why: Learners often try to keep the 'y' from the present tense, but the future always uses the infinitive stem.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: atribuyo
The present of atribuir adds a 'y' before endings, except for nosotros and vosotros: atribuyo, atribuyes, atribuye, atribuyen.
Preterite
yo: atribuí
In the preterite, atribuir changes 'i' to 'y' in the third-person forms: atribuyó and atribuyeron.
Imperfect
yo: atribuía
The imperfect of atribuir is regular: atribuía, atribuías, atribuía, atribuíamos, atribuíais, atribuían.
Conditional
yo: atribuiría
The conditional of atribuir is regular: atribuiría, atribuirías, atribuiría, atribuiríamos, atribuiríais, atribuirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: atribuya
The present subjunctive of atribuir inserts a 'y' in all forms: atribuya, atribuyas, atribuya, atribuyamos, atribuyáis, atribuyan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: atribuyera
The imperfect subjunctive of atribuir uses the 'y' from the preterite: atribuyera, atribuyeras, atribuyera, atribuyéramos, atribuyerais, atribuyeran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: atribuye
Commands for atribuir use 'atribuye' (tú) and 'atribuya' (usted), following the 'y' spelling change.
Negative Imperative
yo: no atribuyas
Negative commands for atribuir always use the 'y': no atribuyas, no atribuya, no atribuyamos, no atribuyáis, no atribuyan.