
comunicarse Preterite Conjugation
comunicarse — to communicate
The preterite of comunicarse has a spelling change in the 'yo' form: me comuniqué.
comunicarse Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite for a specific instance when someone reached out or made contact at a definite point in time.
Notes on comunicarse in the Preterite
Only the 'yo' form is irregular (spelling change c to qu). All other forms follow the regular -ar pattern.
Example Sentences
Me comuniqué con el soporte técnico anoche.
I contacted technical support last night.
yo
¿Te comunicaste con tus padres ayer?
Did you get in touch with your parents yesterday?
tú
Se comunicaron por señas durante la reunión.
They communicated via signs during the meeting.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Writing 'me comunicé' as 'me comunice'.
Correct: me comuniqué
Why: Without the 'u', the 'c' before 'e' sounds soft. You need 'qu' to keep the hard 'k' sound.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: me comunico
The present tense of comunicarse is fully regular: me comunico, te comunicas, se comunica.
Imperfect
yo: me comunicaba
The imperfect of comunicarse is regular: me comunicaba, te comunicabas, se comunicaba.
Future
yo: me comunicaré
The future tense of comunicarse is regular: me comunicaré, te comunicarás, se comunicará.
Conditional
yo: me comunicaría
The conditional of comunicarse is regular: me comunicaría, te comunicarías, se comunicaría.
Present Subjunctive
yo: me comunique
The present subjunctive of comunicarse uses a spelling change (c to qu): me comunique, te comuniques, se comunique.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: me comunicara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular for comunicarse, based on the 'comunicaron' stem: se comunicara, se comunicaras.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: comunícate
The affirmative imperative of comunicarse uses 'qu' for formal commands: comunícate, comuníquese.
Negative Imperative
yo: no te comuniques
Negative commands for comunicarse use 'no' + present subjunctive: no te comuniques, no se comunique.