evitar Future Conjugation
evitar — to avoid
The future tense of evitar (evitaré, evitarás, evitará, etc.) is regular and used for actions that will happen or to express probability.
evitar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future tense to talk about actions that are certain to happen in the future or to express a strong probability about a present or future event. For 'evitar', you could say, 'Evitaré llegar tarde mañana' (I will avoid arriving late tomorrow) or 'Eso evitará problemas' (That will avoid problems). You can also use it to guess, like 'Serán las cinco' (It must be five o'clock).
Notes on evitar in the Future
Evitar is regular in the future tense. The stem is the infinitive 'evitar', and the standard future endings are added.
Example Sentences
Mañana evitaré usar esa carretera.
Tomorrow I will avoid using that road.
yo
¿Evitarás la conversación difícil?
Will you avoid the difficult conversation?
tú
Él evitará cometer el mismo error.
He will avoid making the same mistake.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros evitaremos el mal tiempo si salimos temprano.
We will avoid the bad weather if we leave early.
nosotros
Ellos evitarán la multitud.
They will avoid the crowd.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the present indicative or 'ir a' + infinitive instead of the future.
Correct: For a definite future action, use the future tense: 'evitaré'.
Why: While 'ir a' + infinitive is common for near future, the simple future tense expresses more certainty or formality.
Mistake: Forgetting the accents on future endings.
Correct: Ensure all future endings have their required accents: 'evitaré', 'evitarás', 'evitará', 'evitaréis', 'evitarán'.
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.
Conditional
yo: evitaría
The conditional of evitar (evitaría, evitarías, evitaría, etc.) is regular and used for hypotheticals, polite requests, and future-in-the-past.
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).