catalogar Present Conjugation
catalogar — to catalog
The present tense of catalogar is regular: catalogo, catalogas, cataloga, catalogamos, catalogáis, catalogan.
catalogar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use this for habitual sorting, current tasks, or general facts about how things are classified.
Notes on catalogar in the Present
Catalogar is fully regular in the present indicative. No spelling changes are needed because the 'g' is followed by 'o' or 'a', which naturally keeps the hard sound.
Example Sentences
Yo catalogo las facturas por fecha.
I catalog the invoices by date.
yo
Ella cataloga las especies de plantas en el bosque.
She catalogs the plant species in the forest.
él/ella/usted
¿Cómo catalogan ustedes estos archivos?
How do you all catalog these files?
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: cataluogo
Correct: catalogo
Why: Learners sometimes confuse this with stem-changing verbs like 'jugar', but 'catalogar' does not change its stem vowel.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: catalogué
The preterite of catalogar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form: catalogué, catalogaste, catalogó, catalogamos, catalogasteis, catalogaron.
Imperfect
yo: catalogaba
The imperfect of catalogar is regular: catalogaba, catalogabas, catalogaba, catalogábamos, catalogabais, catalogaban.
Future
yo: catalogaré
The future of catalogar is regular: catalogaré, catalogarás, catalogará, catalogaremos, catalogaréis, catalogarán.
Conditional
yo: catalogaría
The conditional of catalogar is regular: catalogaría, catalogarías, catalogaría, catalogaríamos, catalogaríais, catalogarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: catalogué
The present subjunctive of catalogar requires a spelling change from 'g' to 'gu': catalogue, catalogues, catalogue, cataloguemos, cataloguéis, cataloguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: catalogara
The imperfect subjunctive of catalogar is regular: catalogara, catalogaras, catalogara, catalogáramos, catalogarais, catalogaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: cataloga
The imperative of catalogar uses regular forms for 'tú' (cataloga) and spelling changes for others (catalogue, cataloguen).
Negative Imperative
yo: no catalogues
The negative imperative of catalogar uses the present subjunctive forms with 'no' and a 'gu' spelling change.