encontrar Conditional Conjugation
encontrar — to find
The conditional of encontrar is regular: encontraría, encontrarías, encontraría, encontraríamos, encontraríais, encontrarían.
encontrar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use this to say what you 'would find' under certain conditions or to make polite suggestions.
Notes on encontrar in the Conditional
Encontrar is regular in the conditional. The stem is the full infinitive.
Example Sentences
Yo encontraría el camino con un mapa.
I would find the way with a map.
yo
¿Encontrarías tiempo para ayudarme?
Would you find time to help me?
tú
Nos encontraríamos en el café si tuviéramos tiempo.
We would meet at the cafe if we had time.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: encuentraría
Correct: encontraría
Why: Incorrectly using the 'ue' stem change in the conditional.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: encuentro
Encontrar undergoes an o-to-ue stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: encontré
Encontrar is completely regular in the preterite; the o-to-ue stem change does not happen here.
Imperfect
yo: encontraba
Encontrar is regular in the imperfect: encontraba, encontrabas, encontraba, encontrábamos, encontrabais, encontraban.
Future
yo: encontraré
The future of encontrar is regular: attach -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: encuentre
The present subjunctive of encontrar follows the o-to-ue stem change except for nosotros and vosotros.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: encontrara
The imperfect subjunctive of encontrar is regular: encontrara, encontraras, encontrara, encontráramos, encontrarais, encontraran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: encuentra
The imperative of encontrar uses the stem-changed 'encuentra' for tú and 'encuentre' for usted.
Negative Imperative
yo: no encuentres
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no encuentres, no encuentre, no encontremos.