
comprar Future Conjugation
comprar — to buy
The future of comprar is formed by adding endings to the infinitive: compraré, comprarás, comprará, compraremos, compraréis, comprarán.
comprar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future tense to talk about things you intend to buy later, or to express probability about what someone might be buying right now.
Notes on comprar in the Future
Comprar is regular in the future. All forms except 'nosotros' have a written accent on the ending.
Example Sentences
Mañana compraré los ingredientes para la tarta.
Tomorrow I will buy the ingredients for the cake.
yo
¿Comprarás el coche el próximo mes?
Will you buy the car next month?
tú
Nosotros compraremos una casa el próximo año.
We will buy a house next year.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: comprarare
Correct: compraré
Why: Learners sometimes try to drop the -ar before adding future endings, but you must keep the full infinitive.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: compro
Comprar is a regular -ar verb in the present: compro, compras, compra, compramos, compráis, compran.
Preterite
yo: compré
The preterite of comprar is regular: compré, compraste, compró, compramos, comprasteis, compraron.
Imperfect
yo: compraba
The imperfect of comprar uses the regular -aba endings: compraba, comprabas, compraba, comprábamos, comprabais, compraban.
Conditional
yo: compraría
The conditional of comprar is regular: compraría, comprarías, compraría, compraríamos, compraríais, comprarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: compre
The present subjunctive of comprar uses -e endings: compre, compres, compre, compremos, compréis, compren.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: comprara
The imperfect subjunctive of comprar is built from the preterite stem: comprara, compraras, comprara, compráramos, comprarais, compraran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: compra
The imperative of comprar gives commands: compra (tú), compre (usted), compremos, comprad (vosotros), compren.
Negative Imperative
yo: no compres
The negative imperative of comprar uses the present subjunctive: no compres, no compre, no compremos, no compréis, no compren.