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equivocar

to be wrong

Complete conjugation tables and interactive practice exercises. This is a spelling-change -ar verb.

The Spanish verb equivocar means to be wrong.

Present tense:

yoequivoco
equivocas
él/ella/ustedequivoca
nosotrosequivocamos
vosotrosequivocáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesequivocan

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

present

yoequivoque
nosotrosequivoquemos
vosotrosequivoquéis
él/ella/ustedequivoque
ellos/ellas/ustedesequivoquen
equivoques

The present subjunctive of equivocar features a spelling change (c to qu) in all forms: equivoque, equivoques, equivoque, equivoquemos, equivoquéis, equivoquen.

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imperfect

yoequivocara
nosotrosequivocáramos
vosotrosequivocarais
él/ella/ustedequivocara
ellos/ellas/ustedesequivocaran
equivocaras

The imperfect subjunctive uses the -ra endings: equivocara, equivocaras, equivocara, equivocáramos, equivocarais, equivocaran.

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imperative

affirmative

equivoca
nosotrosequivoquemos
ustedequivoque
vosotrosequivocad
ustedesequivoquen

The imperative uses 'equivoca' (tú) and spelling-change forms for others: equivoque, equivoquemos, equivocad, equivoquen.

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negative

no equivoques
nosotrosno equivoquemos
ustedno equivoque
vosotrosno equivoquéis
ustedesno equivoquen

The negative imperative always uses the spelling-changed subjunctive forms: no equivoques, no equivoque, no equivoquemos, no equivoquéis, no equivoquen.

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indicative

present

yoequivoco
nosotrosequivocamos
vosotrosequivocáis
él/ella/ustedequivoca
ellos/ellas/ustedesequivocan
equivocas

The present tense of equivocar is entirely regular: equivoco, equivocas, equivoca, equivocamos, equivocáis, equivocan.

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preterite

yoequivoqué
nosotrosequivocamos
vosotrosequivocasteis
él/ella/ustedequivocó
ellos/ellas/ustedesequivocaron
equivocaste

The preterite of equivocar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form (equivoqué); all other forms are regular.

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future

yoequivocaré
nosotrosequivocaremos
vosotrosequivocaréis
él/ella/ustedequivocará
ellos/ellas/ustedesequivocarán
equivocarás

The future tense is regular, adding endings directly to the infinitive: equivocaré, equivocarás, equivocará, equivocaremos, equivocaréis, equivocarán.

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imperfect

yoequivocaba
nosotrosequivocábamos
vosotrosequivocabais
él/ella/ustedequivocaba
ellos/ellas/ustedesequivocaban
equivocabas

The imperfect of equivocar is regular: equivocaba, equivocabas, equivocaba, equivocábamos, equivocabais, equivocaban.

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conditional

yoequivocaría
nosotrosequivocaríamos
vosotrosequivocaríais
él/ella/ustedequivocaría
ellos/ellas/ustedesequivocarían
equivocarías

The conditional is regular: equivocaría, equivocarías, equivocaría, equivocaríamos, equivocaríais, equivocarían.

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