cocer Conditional Conjugation
cocer — to boil
The conditional of cocer is regular: cocería, cocerías, cocería, coceríamos, coceríais, cocerían.
cocer Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use the conditional to say you 'would' boil something if you had the ingredients, or to make a polite suggestion.
Notes on cocer in the Conditional
The conditional is regular. Add the -ía endings to the infinitive 'cocer'.
Example Sentences
Yo cocería la carne si tuviera una olla más grande.
I would boil the meat if I had a larger pot.
yo
¿Cocerías tú el pollo por mí?
Would you boil the chicken for me?
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: cuecería
Correct: cocería
Why: The stem change (ue) does not apply to the conditional tense.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: cuezo
Cocer is a stem-changing verb (o to ue) with a spelling change in the 'yo' form (z instead of c).
Preterite
yo: cocí
Cocer is regular in the preterite: cocí, cociste, coció, cocimos, cocisteis, cocieron.
Imperfect
yo: cocía
The imperfect of cocer is regular: cocía, cocías, cocía, cocíamos, cocíais, cocían.
Future
yo: coceré
The future of cocer is regular: coceré, cocerás, cocerá, coceremos, coceréis, cocerán.
Present Subjunctive
yo: cueza
The present subjunctive follows the 'yo' form change: cueza, cuezas, cueza, cozamos, cozáis, cuezan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: cociera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the preterite stem: cociera, cocieras, cociera, cociéramos, cocierais, cocieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: cuece
The imperative uses 'cuece' for tú and 'cueza/n' for formal commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no cuezas
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no cuezas, no cueza, no cozamos, no cozáis, no cuezan.