drogar Present Conjugation
drogar — to drug
The present tense of drogar is completely regular: drogo, drogas, droga, drogamos, drogáis, drogan.
drogar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use this for habitual actions, current states, or general facts about drugging or the use of drugs.
Notes on drogar in the Present
Drogar is a regular -ar verb in the present tense. No spelling changes are needed here because the endings start with 'o' or 'a'.
Example Sentences
Ese tipo de medicina droga mucho a los pacientes.
That type of medicine drugs the patients a lot.
él/ella/usted
Yo no me drogo.
I don't do drugs (I don't drug myself).
yo
¿Tú te drogas a menudo?
Do you drug yourself often?
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'droguo' for the 'yo' form.
Correct: drogo
Why: Learners often over-apply the 'gu' spelling change. It is only needed before 'e' or 'i', not before 'o'.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: drogué
The preterite of drogar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'drogué' to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: drogaba
The imperfect of drogar is regular: drogaba, drogabas, drogaba, drogábamos, drogabais, drogaban.
Future
yo: drogaré
The future tense of drogar is regular: drogaré, drogarás, drogará, drogaremos, drogaréis, drogarán.
Conditional
yo: drogaría
The conditional of drogar is regular: drogaría, drogarías, drogaría, drogaríamos, drogaríais, drogarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: drogue
The present subjunctive of drogar requires a spelling change from 'g' to 'gu' in all forms: drogue, drogues, drogue, droguemos, droguéis, droguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: drogara
The imperfect subjunctive of drogar is formed from the third-person plural preterite: drogara, drogaras, drogara, drogáramos, drogarais, drogaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: droga
The imperative of drogar uses the 'gu' spelling change for formal commands: droga, drogue, droguemos, drogad, droguen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no drogues
The negative imperative of drogar always uses the 'gu' spelling change: no drogues, no drogue, no droguemos, no droguéis, no droguen.