colgar Conditional Conjugation
colgar — to hang
The conditional is regular: colgaría, colgarías, colgaría, colgaríamos, colgaríais, colgarían.
colgar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use this to say you 'would hang' something if you had a ladder, or to make a polite suggestion about where to hang a picture.
Notes on colgar in the Conditional
Colgar is regular in the conditional. Like the future, you add the endings to the full infinitive 'colgar'.
Example Sentences
Yo colgaría el cuadro más arriba.
I would hang the painting higher up.
yo
¿Colgarías esto por mí? No alcanzo.
Would you hang this for me? I can't reach.
tú
Dijeron que colgarían las luces pronto.
They said they would hang the lights soon.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: cuelgaría
Correct: colgaría
Why: Don't use the o>ue stem change in the conditional; keep the infinitive stem.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: cuelgo
Colgar is an o>ue stem-changer (cuelgo, cuelgas) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: colgué
Colgar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (colgué) to keep the hard 'g' sound, but is otherwise regular.
Imperfect
yo: colgaba
The imperfect of colgar is regular: colgaba, colgabas, colgaba, colgábamos, colgabais, colgaban.
Future
yo: colgaré
The future tense of colgar is completely regular: colgaré, colgarás, colgará, etc.
Present Subjunctive
yo: cuelgue
The present subjunctive features both the o>ue stem change and the g>gu spelling change (cuelgue).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: colgara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite stem: colgara, colgaras, colgara...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: cuelga
Use 'cuelga' for friends and 'cuelgue' for formal situations.
Negative Imperative
yo: no cuelgues
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive: no cuelgues, no cuelgue, no colguemos.