engordar Future Conjugation
engordar — to gain weight
The future tense of engordar is regular: engordaré, engordarás, engordará, engordaremos, engordaréis, engordarán, used for future actions of gaining weight.
engordar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future tense of 'engordar' to talk about definitively gaining weight in the future. It can also express probability or conjecture about gaining weight. For example, 'I will gain weight if I don't exercise' or 'She will probably gain weight with this new diet.'
Notes on engordar in the Future
Engordar is regular in the future tense. The stem is the full infinitive 'engordar', and the endings are the standard ones for future indicative.
Example Sentences
Si sigo comiendo así, engordaré.
If I keep eating like this, I will gain weight.
yo
¿Tú engordarás con esa medicina?
Will you gain weight with that medicine?
tú
Ella engordará seguro después del embarazo.
She will surely gain weight after the pregnancy.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros engordaremos si no hacemos ejercicio.
We will gain weight if we don't exercise.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the present tense to express a future action.
Correct: For a future certainty like 'I will gain weight tomorrow', use 'Engordaré', not 'Engordo'.
Why: The future tense explicitly indicates an action that will happen later, while the present indicates something happening now or habitually.
Mistake: Incorrectly forming the 'vosotros' future.
Correct: The correct form is 'engordaréis'.
Why: The future tense for 'vosotros' adds the ending -éis to the infinitive.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: engordo
The present tense of engordar is regular: engordo, engordas, engorda, engordamos, engordáis, engordan, used for habitual or current actions of gaining weight.
Preterite
yo: engordé
The preterite of engordar is regular: engordé, engordaste, engordó, engordamos, engordasteis, engordaron, used for completed actions of gaining weight.
Imperfect
yo: engordaba
The imperfect of engordar is regular: engordaba, engordabas, engordaba, engordábamos, engordabais, engordaban, used for ongoing or habitual past actions of gaining weight.
Conditional
yo: engordaría
The conditional of engordar is regular: engordaría, engordarías, engordaría, engordaríamos, engordaríais, engordarían, used for hypothetical or polite statements about gaining weight.
Present Subjunctive
yo: engorde
Use 'engorde' (yo/él/ella/usted), 'engordes' (tú), etc., after expressions of desire, doubt, emotion, or uncertainty about gaining weight.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: engordara
Use 'engordara' or 'engordase' (yo/él/ella/usted), 'engordaras' or 'engordases' (tú), etc., for past hypotheticals, wishes, or doubts about gaining weight.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: engorda
Use 'engorda' (tú), 'engorde' (usted), 'engordemos' (nosotros), 'engorden' (ustedes), 'engordad' (vosotros) for direct commands related to gaining weight.
Negative Imperative
yo: no engordes
Use 'no engordes' (tú), 'no engorde' (usted), 'no engordemos' (nosotros), 'no engorden' (ustedes), 'no engordéis' (vosotros) for negative commands about gaining weight.