codificar Preterite Conjugation
codificar — to code
The preterite of codificar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form: codifiqué.
codificar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite for a completed action in the past, like when you finished coding a specific script or encrypted a file yesterday.
Notes on codificar in the Preterite
The 'yo' form changes 'c' to 'qu' (codifiqué) to maintain the hard 'k' sound. All other forms are regular -ar endings.
Example Sentences
Ayer codifiqué todo el módulo de seguridad.
Yesterday I coded the entire security module.
yo
Él codificó la base de datos la semana pasada.
He coded the database last week.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros codificamos el algoritmo ayer por la tarde.
We coded the algorithm yesterday afternoon.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: codificé
Correct: codifiqué
Why: The 'qu' is necessary to keep the 'k' sound; 'cé' would sound like 'sé'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: codifico
The present tense of codificar is completely regular: codifico, codificas, codifica, codificamos, codificáis, codifican.
Imperfect
yo: codificaba
The imperfect of codificar is regular: codificaba, codificabas, codificaba, codificábamos, codificabais, codificaban.
Future
yo: codificaré
The future of codificar is regular: codificaré, codificarás, codificará, codificaremos, codificaréis, codificarán.
Conditional
yo: codificaría
The conditional of codificar is regular: codificaría, codificarías, codificaría, codificaríamos, codificaríais, codificarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: codifique
The present subjunctive of codificar requires a spelling change to 'qu' in all forms: codifique, codifiques, codifique, codifiquemos, codifiquéis, codifiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: codificara
The imperfect subjunctive of codificar is regular based on the third-person plural preterite: codificara, codificaras, codificara, codificáramos, codificarais, codificaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: codifica
The imperative of codificar uses standard -ar endings with a spelling change in most forms: codifica, codifique, codifiquemos, codificad, codifiquen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no codifiques
The negative imperative of codificar uses the present subjunctive forms: no codifiques, no codifique, no codifiquemos, no codifiquéis, no codifiquen.