bautizar Present Conjugation
bautizar — to baptize
Bautizar is completely regular in the present indicative: bautizo, bautizas, bautiza, bautizamos, bautizáis, bautizan.
bautizar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use this for current actions, habits, or general facts about baptizing or naming things.
Notes on bautizar in the Present
Bautizar is fully regular in the present tense. No spelling changes occur here because the endings do not start with 'e'.
Example Sentences
El sacerdote bautiza a los bebés los sábados.
The priest baptizes babies on Saturdays.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros bautizamos este proyecto como 'Alfa'.
We are naming (christening) this project 'Alpha'.
nosotros
¿Bautizas tú al niño o lo hace otro cura?
Are you baptizing the boy or is another priest doing it?
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: bautice
Correct: bautizo
Why: Don't confuse the 'yo' form of the present indicative (o) with the subjunctive (e).
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: bauticé
Bautizar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes Z to C: bauticé.
Imperfect
yo: bautizaba
The imperfect of bautizar is regular: bautizaba, bautizabas, bautizaba, bautizábamos, bautizabais, bautizaban.
Future
yo: bautizaré
The future of bautizar is regular: bautizaré, bautizarás, bautizará, bautizaremos, bautizaréis, bautizarán.
Conditional
yo: bautizaría
The conditional of bautizar is regular: bautizaría, bautizarías, bautizaría, bautizaríamos, bautizaríais, bautizarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: bautice
Bautizar undergoes a Z to C spelling change before the letter 'e' in all forms: bautice, bautices, bautice, bauticemos, bauticéis, bauticen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: bautizara
The imperfect subjunctive of bautizar is regular: bautizara, bautizaras, bautizara, bautizáramos, bautizarais, bautizaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: bautiza
The imperative uses 'bautiza' (tú) and spelling-changed forms for others: bautice (usted), bauticemos (nosotros), bauticen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no bautices
The negative imperative always uses the Z to C spelling change: no bautices, no bautice, no bauticemos, no bauticéis, no bauticen.