criticar Future Conjugation
criticar — to criticize
The future of criticar is regular: criticaré, criticarás, criticará, criticaremos, criticaréis, criticarán.
criticar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to predict that people will judge an upcoming event or to express probability about why someone is being critical now.
Notes on criticar in the Future
Criticar is fully regular in the future. The endings are added directly to the full infinitive.
Example Sentences
La prensa criticará el resultado del partido.
The press will criticize the result of the match.
él/ella/usted
Si llegas tarde, tus padres te criticarán.
If you arrive late, your parents will criticize you.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
No criticaré tu decisión, te lo prometo.
I won't criticize your decision, I promise.
yo
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding the ending to a shortened stem like 'critic-ré'.
Correct: Use the whole infinitive: criticaré.
Why: Regular future tense verbs always keep the full infinitive as the base.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: critico
The present tense of criticar is regular: critico, criticas, critica, criticamos, criticáis, critican.
Preterite
yo: critiqué
The preterite of criticar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (critiqué) to keep the hard 'c' sound.
Imperfect
yo: criticaba
The imperfect of criticar is regular: criticaba, criticabas, criticaba, criticábamos, criticabais, criticaban.
Conditional
yo: criticaría
The conditional of criticar is regular: criticaría, criticarías, criticaría, criticaríamos, criticaríais, criticarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: critique
The present subjunctive of criticar uses the 'qu' spelling change: critique, critiques, critique, critiquemos, critiquéis, critiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: criticara
The imperfect subjunctive of criticar is: criticara, criticaras, criticara, criticáramos, criticarais, criticaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: critica
The affirmative imperative of criticar is: critica (tú), critique (usted), critiquemos (nosotros), criticad (vosotros), critiquen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no critiques
The negative imperative of criticar uses subjunctive forms: no critiques, no critique, no critiquemos, no critiquéis, no critiquen.