calentar Conditional Conjugation
calentar — to heat up
The conditional of calentar is regular: calentar +ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían.
calentar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use it for hypotheticals (I would heat it up if...) or polite suggestions.
Notes on calentar in the Conditional
Calentar is regular in the conditional. No stem changes or weird roots here.
Example Sentences
¿Calentaría usted la sopa, por favor?
Would you heat up the soup, please?
él/ella/usted
Si tuviera hambre, calentaría la pizza.
If I were hungry, I would heat up the pizza.
yo
Common Mistakes
Mistake: calentaria (without accent)
Correct: calentaría
Why: All conditional endings must have an accent on the 'í'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: caliento
Calentar has a stem change (e to ie) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros: caliento, calientas, calienta, calientan.
Preterite
yo: calenté
Calentar is completely regular in the preterite: calenté, calentaste, calentó, calentamos, calentasteis, calentaron.
Imperfect
yo: calentaba
Calentar is regular in the imperfect, using the standard -aba endings: calentaba, calentabas, calentaba...
Future
yo: calentaré
The future of calentar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: caliente
The present subjunctive follows the 'ie' stem change: caliente, calientes, caliente, calentemos, calentéis, calienten.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: calentara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite: calentara, calentaras, calentara, calentáramos...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: calienta
The commands use the 'ie' stem change except for vosotros: calienta (tú), caliente (usted), calentad (vosotros).
Negative Imperative
yo: no calientes
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no calientes, no caliente, no calentemos...