evitar Conditional Conjugation
evitar — to avoid
The conditional of evitar (evitaría, evitarías, evitaría, etc.) is regular and used for hypotheticals, polite requests, and future-in-the-past.
evitar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use the conditional to talk about what you *would* do, express polite requests, or talk about a future event from a past perspective. For 'evitar', you could say, 'Yo evitaría el peligro si pudiera' (I would avoid the danger if I could), '¿Evitarías hacer eso?' (Would you avoid doing that? - polite request), or 'Dijo que evitaría el tema' (He said he would avoid the topic).
Notes on evitar in the Conditional
Evitar is regular in the conditional tense. The stem is the infinitive 'evitar', and the standard conditional endings are added.
Example Sentences
Yo evitaría ese restaurante si fuera tú.
I would avoid that restaurant if I were you.
yo
¿Tú evitarías el conflicto?
Would you avoid the conflict?
tú
Él evitaría problemas si escuchara más.
He would avoid problems if he listened more.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros evitaríamos el mal tiempo si saliéramos antes.
We would avoid the bad weather if we left earlier.
nosotros
Ellos dijeron que evitarían la zona.
They said they would avoid the area.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the future tense instead of the conditional for hypotheticals.
Correct: For 'would' scenarios, use the conditional: 'Yo evitaría'.
Why: The future tense expresses certainty ('will'), while the conditional expresses possibility or hypothetical ('would').
Mistake: Forgetting the accents on conditional endings.
Correct: Ensure all conditional endings have their required accents: 'evitaría', 'evitarías', 'evitaría', 'evitaríais', 'evitarían'.
Why: The accents are crucial for correct pronunciation and spelling.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: evito
The present tense of evitar (evito, evitas, evita, etc.) is regular and used for habitual actions, current actions, and general truths.
Preterite
yo: evité
The preterite of evitar (evité, evitaste, evitó, etc.) is regular and used for completed actions in the past.
Imperfect
yo: evitaba
The imperfect of evitar (evitaba, evitabas, evitaba, etc.) is regular and used for ongoing or habitual past actions and descriptions.
Future
yo: evitaré
The future tense of evitar (evitaré, evitarás, evitará, etc.) is regular and used for actions that will happen or to express probability.
Present Subjunctive
yo: evite
The present subjunctive of evitar (evite, evites, evitemos, eviten) is used for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after impersonal expressions.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: evitara
The imperfect subjunctive of evitar (e.g., 'evitara', 'evitaras', 'evitara', 'evitaramos', 'evitaran') is used for past hypotheticals, wishes, or doubts.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: evita
Use 'evita' for direct commands to tú, 'evite' for usted, 'evitemos' for nosotros, 'eviten' for ustedes, and 'evitad' for vosotros.
Negative Imperative
yo: no evites
Negative commands use 'no' plus the present subjunctive: 'no evites' (tú), 'no evite' (usted), 'no evitemos' (nosotros), 'no eviten' (ustedes), 'no evitéis' (vosotros).