comportar Future Conjugation
comportar — to entail
The future tense (comportaré, comportarás, comportará, etc.) indicates actions that will happen.
comportar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future tense to talk about actions or behaviors that will definitely occur in the future. It can also express probability or conjecture about the present or future.
Notes on comportar in the Future
Comportar is regular in the future tense. The stem is the infinitive 'comportar-', and you add the standard future endings.
Example Sentences
Mañana me comportaré como un adulto.
Tomorrow I will behave like an adult.
yo
¿Te comportarás bien durante el viaje?
Will you behave well during the trip?
tú
El nuevo sistema se comportará de manera más eficiente.
The new system will behave/perform more efficiently.
él/ella/usted
Ellos se comportarán según lo esperado.
They will behave as expected.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the present tense instead of the future for future actions.
Correct: Use 'Me comportaré' for a future action, not 'Me comporto'.
Why: While the present can sometimes imply future, the future tense is precise for actions that *will* happen.
Mistake: Forgetting the reflexive pronoun in the future tense of 'comportarse'.
Correct: Use 'Se comportarán', not just 'Comportarán', when referring to how someone will behave.
Why: The reflexive nature of 'comportarse' must be maintained 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.
Conditional
yo: comportaría
The conditional of comportar (comportaría, comportarías, comportaría, etc.) expresses hypotheticals and polite requests.
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.