cabalgar Future Conjugation
cabalgar — to ride a horse
The future tense of cabalgar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
cabalgar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to talk about plans to ride a horse in the future or to make predictions about a rider.
Notes on cabalgar in the Future
Cabalgar is fully regular in the future tense; no spelling changes occur because the endings start with 'a' or 'e' but follow the full infinitive.
Example Sentences
Cabalgaré en la montaña mañana.
I will ride in the mountains tomorrow.
yo
Tú cabalgarás en el desfile el próximo mes.
You will ride in the parade next month.
tú
Cabalgarán hasta llegar al pueblo.
They will ride until they reach the town.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent marks on future endings.
Correct: cabalgaré, cabalgarás, cabalgará, etc.
Why: Except for 'nosotros', all future tense endings for -ar verbs require an accent.
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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.
Conditional
yo: cabalgaría
The conditional of cabalgar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían 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.