conferir Future Conjugation
conferir — to grant
The future tense of conferir is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
conferir Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to predict what qualities a new law, product, or person will grant or bestow in the future.
Notes on conferir in the Future
Conferir is regular in the future. Just use the full infinitive as the base.
Example Sentences
Este nuevo cargo te conferirá mucha responsabilidad.
This new position will grant you a lot of responsibility.
él/ella/usted
Los expertos conferirán sobre el tema la próxima semana.
The experts will confer about the topic next week.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: confirirá
Correct: conferirá
Why: Do not change the stem in the future tense; keep the 'e' from the infinitive.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: confiero
The present tense of conferir has a stem change (e to ie) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: conferí
The preterite of conferir is a 'slipper' verb: the stem changes e to i only in the third-person forms.
Imperfect
yo: confería
The imperfect of conferir is completely regular: confería, conferías, confería, conferíamos, conferíais, conferían.
Conditional
yo: conferiría
The conditional of conferir is regular: add the endings -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: confiera
The present subjunctive of conferir uses a stem change: e to ie in most forms, and e to i in nosotros/vosotros.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: confiriera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'confirier-' stem for all forms (e.g., confiriera, confirieras).
Affirmative Imperative
yo: confiere
The imperative uses 'confiere' (tú) and 'confiera' (usted) to command the granting of something.
Negative Imperative
yo: no confieras
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms (e.g., no confieras, no confiera).