cegar Conditional Conjugation
cegar — to blind
The conditional of cegar is regular: cegaría, cegarías, cegaría...
cegar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use this for 'would' scenarios, like saying a certain light 'would blind' you if you looked at it.
Notes on cegar in the Conditional
Cegar is regular in the conditional. Add the endings (-ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían) to the full infinitive.
Example Sentences
Sin gafas de sol, el reflejo me cegaría.
Without sunglasses, the reflection would blind me.
yo
¿Crees que este color nos cegaría?
Do you think this color would blind us?
él/ella/usted
Ellos se cegarían con tanta belleza.
They would be blinded by so much beauty.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: ciegaría
Correct: cegaría
Why: Do not use the e-ie stem change in the conditional.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: ciego
Cegar is a stem-changing verb (e-ie) in the present tense (ciego, ciegas...).
Preterite
yo: cegué
Cegar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form (cegué) to maintain the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: cegaba
The imperfect of cegar is regular: cegaba, cegabas, cegaba...
Future
yo: cegaré
The future tense of cegar is completely regular: cegaré, cegarás, cegará...
Present Subjunctive
yo: ciegue
Cegar undergoes an e-ie stem change and a g-gu spelling change in the present subjunctive.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: cegara
The imperfect subjunctive of cegar is regular in its stem (cegar-).
Affirmative Imperative
yo: ciega
The imperative of cegar uses 'ciega' (tú) and 'ciegue' (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no ciegues
The negative imperative uses present subjunctive forms: no ciegues, no ciegue.