enfocar Conditional Conjugation
enfocar — to focus
The conditional of enfocar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
enfocar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use the conditional to say what you 'would' focus on under certain conditions, or to make polite suggestions.
Notes on enfocar in the Conditional
Enfocar is regular in the conditional. The stem is the complete infinitive 'enfocar'.
Example Sentences
Yo me enfocaría en el primer capítulo primero.
I would focus on the first chapter first.
yo
¿Te enfocarías más si tuvieras una oficina privada?
Would you focus more if you had a private office?
tú
Ellos se enfocarían en el cliente si tuvieran tiempo.
They would focus on the client if they had time.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the future 'enfocará' instead of the conditional 'enfocaría' for 'would'.
Correct: enfocaría
Why: The future indicates 'will', while the conditional indicates 'would'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: enfoco
The present indicative of enfocar is completely regular: enfoco, enfocas, enfoca, enfocamos, enfocáis, enfocan.
Preterite
yo: enfoqué
Enfocar is regular in the preterite except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'enfoqué' to keep the hard 'k' sound.
Imperfect
yo: enfocaba
The imperfect of enfocar is regular: enfocaba, enfocabas, enfocaba, enfocábamos, enfocabais, enfocaban.
Future
yo: enfocaré
The future tense of enfocar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: enfoque
The present subjunctive of enfocar features a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: enfoque, enfoques, enfoque, enfoquemos, enfoquéis, enfoquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: enfocara
The imperfect subjunctive of enfocar is regular, formed from the third-person plural preterite: enfocara, enfocaras, enfocáramos.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: enfoca
The affirmative imperative of enfocar uses 'enfoca' for tú and 'enfoque' for usted.
Negative Imperative
yo: no enfoques
The negative imperative of enfocar always uses the 'qu' spelling change: no enfoques, no enfoque, no enfoquen.