consolar Future Conjugation
consolar — to comfort
The future of consolar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
consolar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future to promise that you will comfort someone or to speculate about who might comfort them.
Notes on consolar in the Future
Consolar is regular in the future. The stem remains 'consolar' for all persons.
Example Sentences
Yo te consolaré si las cosas salen mal.
I will comfort you if things go wrong.
yo
Ellos consolarán a los afectados por el desastre.
They will comfort those affected by the disaster.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'consuelaré'.
Correct: consolaré
Why: The future tense uses the infinitive as the base; it never takes a stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: consuelo
Consolar follows the O-to-UE stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros: consuelo, consuelas, consuela, consolamos, consoláis, consuelan.
Preterite
yo: consolé
Consolar is completely regular in the preterite: consolé, consolaste, consoló, consolamos, consolasteis, consolaron.
Imperfect
yo: consolaba
Consolar is regular in the imperfect, using the standard -aba endings: consolaba, consolabas, consolaba, consolábamos, consolabais, consolaban.
Conditional
yo: consolaría
The conditional of consolar is regular: consolaría, consolarías, consolaría, consolaríamos, consolaríais, consolarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: consuele
The present subjunctive follows the O-to-UE stem change, except for nosotros and vosotros: consuele, consueles, consuele, consolemos, consoléis, consuelen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: consolara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite stem: consolara, consolaras, consolara, consoláramos, consolarais, consolaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: consuela
The affirmative imperative uses the stem-changed form for 'tú' and 'usted': consuela, consuele, consolemos, consolad, consuelen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no consueles
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no consueles, no consuele, no consolemos, no consoléis, no consuelen.