cabalgar Conditional Conjugation
cabalgar — to ride a horse
The conditional of cabalgar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
cabalgar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use this to say you 'would ride' under certain conditions or to make polite suggestions.
Notes on cabalgar in the Conditional
Cabalgar is fully regular in the conditional tense.
Example Sentences
Yo cabalgaría contigo si tuviera un caballo.
I would ride with you if I had a horse.
yo
¿Cabalgarías en la oscuridad?
Would you ride in the dark?
tú
Ellos cabalgarían más rápido si no hubiera lodo.
They would ride faster if there weren't any mud.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Confusing the conditional with the imperfect 'cabalgaba'.
Correct: cabalgaría
Why: The conditional uses the whole infinitive (cabalgar-) as the stem, while the imperfect uses the root (cabalg-).
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: cabalgo
Cabalgar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present tense: cabalgo, cabalgas, cabalga, cabalgamos, cabalgáis, cabalgan.
Preterite
yo: cabalgué
Cabalgar is regular except for the 'yo' form (cabalgué), which adds a 'u' to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: cabalgaba
The imperfect of cabalgar is regular: cabalgaba, cabalgabas, cabalgaba, cabalgábamos, cabalgabais, cabalgaban.
Future
yo: cabalgaré
The future tense of cabalgar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: cabalgue
Cabalgar requires a spelling change from 'g' to 'gu' in all forms: cabalgue, cabalgues, cabalgue, cabalguemos, cabalguéis, cabalguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: cabalgara
The imperfect subjunctive of cabalgar is regular, based on the third-person plural preterite: cabalgara, cabalgaras, cabalgara...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: cabalga
The imperative uses 'cabalga' (tú) and spelling-changed forms for others: cabalgue (usted), cabalguen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no cabalgues
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no cabalgues, no cabalgue, no cabalguemos, no cabalguéis, no cabalguen.