comportar Conditional Conjugation
comportar — to entail
The conditional of comportar (comportaría, comportarías, comportaría, etc.) expresses hypotheticals and polite requests.
comportar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use the conditional tense for hypothetical situations ('would behave'), polite requests ('would you behave?'), or to express what would happen in the future from a past perspective ('future in the past').
Notes on comportar in the Conditional
Comportar is regular in the conditional tense. The stem is the infinitive 'comportar-', and you add the conditional endings.
Example Sentences
Yo me comportaría mejor si me dieras una oportunidad.
I would behave better if you gave me a chance.
yo
¿Te comportarías si te lo pidiera?
Would you behave if I asked you to?
tú
Él se comportaría de manera diferente en otra situación.
He would behave differently in another situation.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros comportaríamos el cambio con más facilidad.
We would entail the change with more ease.
nosotros
Ellos se comportarían si supieran la verdad.
They would behave if they knew the truth.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Confusing the conditional with the future tense.
Correct: Use the conditional for hypotheticals ('comportaría') and the future for certainties ('comportará').
Why: The conditional expresses what *would* happen, whereas the future expresses what *will* happen.
Mistake: Forgetting the reflexive pronoun with 'comportarse' in the conditional.
Correct: Use 'Se comportaría' (he/she/it would behave), not 'Comportaría'.
Why: The reflexive pronoun is necessary for the meaning of 'to behave' across tenses.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: comporto
The present indicative (comporto, comportas, comporta, comportamos, comportáis, comportan) describes current actions and habits.
Preterite
yo: comporté
Comporté, compraste, compró, compramos, comprastéis, compraron are the regular preterite forms of comportarse.
Imperfect
yo: comportaba
The imperfect of comportar (comportaba, comportabas, comportaba, comportábamos, comportabais, comportaban) describes past habits and ongoing actions.
Future
yo: comportaré
The future tense (comportaré, comportarás, comportará, etc.) indicates actions that will happen.
Present Subjunctive
yo: comporte
The present subjunctive (comporte, comportes, comportemos, comportéis, comporten) expresses wishes, doubts, and emotions.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: comportara
The imperfect subjunctive of comportar (comportara/comportase) is used for past hypotheticals, wishes, and in polite requests.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: comporta
Comporta, comporte, comportemos, comportad, comporten are the imperative commands for comportar.
Negative Imperative
yo: no comportes
Negative commands like no comportes, no comporte, no comportemos, no comportéis, no comporten use the present subjunctive.