
calentar Future Conjugation
calentar — to heat up
The future of calentar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
calentar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to say you will heat something up later or to make a prediction about the weather getting warmer.
Notes on calentar in the Future
Calentar is regular in the future. Just use the whole word 'calentar' as your base.
Example Sentences
Calentaré las sobras para el almuerzo.
I will heat up the leftovers for lunch.
yo
Mañana calentará más el sol.
The sun will be hotter tomorrow.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: calientaré
Correct: calentaré
Why: Do not use the 'ie' stem change in the future tense; the stem is always the full infinitive.
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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...
Conditional
yo: calentaría
The conditional of calentar is regular: calentar +ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían.
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...