
despertar Future Conjugation
despertar — to wake (someone) up
The future of despertar is regular: despertaré, despertarás, despertará, despertaremos, despertaréis, despertarán.
despertar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to say when you will wake someone up or to express a probability about who is waking up now.
Notes on despertar in the Future
Despertar is regular in the future. Just add the endings (-é, -ás, -á...) directly to the infinitive.
Example Sentences
Te despertaré cuando llegue el taxi.
I will wake you up when the taxi arrives.
yo
Mañana despertaremos a todos a las siete.
Tomorrow we will wake everyone up at seven.
nosotros
¿Me despertarás si me quedo dormido?
Will you wake me up if I fall asleep?
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding a stem change like 'despiertaré'.
Correct: despertaré
Why: The future tense always uses the full infinitive as the base; it never takes a stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: despierto
Despertar has an e→ie stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: desperté
Despertar is regular in the preterite: desperté, despertaste, despertó, despertamos, despertasteis, despertaron.
Imperfect
yo: despertaba
Despertar is regular in the imperfect: despertaba, despertabas, despertaba, despertábamos, despertabais, despertaban.
Conditional
yo: despertaría
The conditional of despertar is regular: despertaría, despertarías, despertaría, despertaríamos, despertaríais, despertarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: despierte
The present subjunctive follows the e→ie stem change: despierte, despiertes, despierte, despertemos, despertéis, despierten.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: despertara
The imperfect subjunctive of despertar is regular: despertara, despertaras, despertara, despertáramos, despertarais, despertaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: despierta
Give commands using despierta (tú), despierte (usted), or despertad (vosotros).
Negative Imperative
yo: no despiertes
Negative commands use the present subjunctive: no despiertes (tú), no despierte (usted).