consolar Preterite Conjugation
consolar — to comfort
Consolar is completely regular in the preterite: consolé, consolaste, consoló, consolamos, consolasteis, consolaron.
consolar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite to talk about a specific instance in the past when you comforted someone, emphasizing that the action is finished.
Notes on consolar in the Preterite
Despite being irregular in the present, consolar is regular in the preterite. There is no O-to-UE stem change here.
Example Sentences
Consolé a mi amigo toda la noche.
I comforted my friend all night.
yo
Él consoló a su madre tras la noticia.
He comforted his mother after the news.
él/ella/usted
Consolamos a los jugadores después de perder el partido.
We comforted the players after losing the match.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'consuelé' with a stem change.
Correct: consolé
Why: Stem-changing -ar verbs like consolar do not change their stems in the preterite.
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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.
Imperfect
yo: consolaba
Consolar is regular in the imperfect, using the standard -aba endings: consolaba, consolabas, consolaba, consolábamos, consolabais, consolaban.
Future
yo: consolaré
The future of consolar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
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.