clasificar Present Conjugation
clasificar — to classify
Clasificar is completely regular in the present indicative: clasifico, clasificas, clasifica, clasificamos, clasificáis, clasifican.
clasificar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use this for habitual actions, such as how you normally organize your files, or to state general facts about how things are categorized.
Notes on clasificar in the Present
This verb follows the standard -ar pattern perfectly in the present tense. No spelling changes are needed here.
Example Sentences
Yo siempre clasifico mis gastos en una tabla.
I always classify my expenses in a table.
yo
Ella clasifica las plantas por su especie.
She classifies the plants by their species.
él/ella/usted
¿Cómo clasifican ustedes la información?
How do you all classify the information?
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'clasifiquo' for the yo form.
Correct: clasifico
Why: Spelling changes to 'qu' only happen before 'e' or 'i'. Before 'o', the 'c' naturally makes the 'k' sound.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: clasifiqué
The preterite of clasificar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'clasifiqué'.
Imperfect
yo: clasificaba
The imperfect of clasificar is regular: clasificaba, clasificabas, clasificaba, clasificábamos, clasificabais, clasificaban.
Future
yo: clasificaré
The future tense is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive clasificar.
Conditional
yo: clasificaría
The conditional is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive clasificar.
Present Subjunctive
yo: clasifique
The present subjunctive of clasificar requires a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: clasifique, clasifiques, clasifique, clasifiquemos, clasifiquéis, clasifiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: clasificara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite stem: clasificara, clasificaras, clasificara, clasificáramos, clasificarais, clasificaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: clasifica
The imperative uses 'clasifica' (tú) and 'clasificad' (vosotros), while formal commands use 'clasifique/n'.
Negative Imperative
yo: no clasifiques
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no clasifiques, no clasifique, no clasifiquemos, no clasifiquéis, no clasifiquen.