encomendar Future Conjugation
encomendar — to entrust
The future tense is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive encomendar.
encomendar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future to state who will be responsible for a task or to express a promise of delegating something later.
Notes on encomendar in the Future
Encomendar is regular in the future tense; the stem remains the full infinitive.
Example Sentences
Te encomendaré mi secreto más profundo.
I will entrust you with my deepest secret.
yo
Ellos encomendarán la misión a los mejores soldados.
They will entrust the mission to the best soldiers.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: encomiendaré
Correct: encomendaré
Why: The stem change 'ie' does not exist in the future tense.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: encomiendo
In the present tense, encomendar follows an e-to-ie stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: encomendé
The preterite of encomendar is completely regular, following standard -ar verb endings.
Imperfect
yo: encomendaba
The imperfect of encomendar is regular: encomendaba, encomendabas, encomendaba, etc.
Conditional
yo: encomendaría
The conditional uses the infinitive encomendar plus the endings -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: encomiende
The present subjunctive follows the e-to-ie stem change (encomiende), mirroring the present indicative's pattern.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: encomendara
Formed from the third-person plural preterite, it is regular: encomendara, encomendaras, etc.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: encomienda
The imperative uses the stem change 'ie' for tú, usted, and ustedes (encomienda, encomiende, encomienden).
Negative Imperative
yo: no encomiendes
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no encomiendes, no encomiende, etc.