cocer Future Conjugation
cocer — to boil
The future of cocer is regular: coceré, cocerás, cocerá, coceremos, coceréis, cocerán.
cocer Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future tense to say what you will boil later or to express a guess about how long something might take to cook.
Notes on cocer in the Future
The future tense is regular. You simply add the endings to the full infinitive 'cocer'.
Example Sentences
Coceré la pasta cuando lleguen los invitados.
I will boil the pasta when the guests arrive.
yo
¿Cocerás tú las verduras?
Will you boil the vegetables?
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: cueceré
Correct: coceré
Why: Do not use the stem change (ue) in the future 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.
Conditional
yo: cocería
The conditional of cocer is regular: cocería, cocerías, cocería, coceríamos, coceríais, cocerían.
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.