felicitar Future Conjugation
felicitar — to congratulate
The future tense of felicitar (felicitaré, felicitarás, felicitará, etc.) indicates an action that will happen.
felicitar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future tense of felicitar to state that you will congratulate someone in the future, or to express a probability or assumption about congratulating someone.
Notes on felicitar in the Future
Felicitar is regular in the future tense. The stem is the infinitive 'felicitar-', and the standard future endings are added.
Example Sentences
Te felicitaré cuando te vea mañana.
I will congratulate you when I see you tomorrow.
yo
Seguro que papá te felicitará por tu graduación.
Dad will surely congratulate you on your graduation.
él/ella/usted
Mañana felicitaremos a los campeones.
Tomorrow we will congratulate the champions.
nosotros
¿Los felicitarán ustedes por el aniversario?
Will you congratulate them on their anniversary?
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the present tense instead of the future.
Correct: Use the future tense for definite future actions: 'Te felicitaré', not 'Te felicito'.
Why: The future tense specifically indicates actions that will occur later.
Mistake: Confusing future and conditional forms.
Correct: Future: 'felicitará' (he/she will congratulate). Conditional: 'felicitaría' (he/she would congratulate).
Why: The endings differ, and the meanings are distinct (certainty vs. hypothetical).
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: felicito
The present tense of felicitar (felicito, felicitas, felicita, felicitamos, felicitáis, felicitan) describes habitual actions or things happening now.
Preterite
yo: felicité
The preterite of felicitar is regular: felicité, felicitaste, felicitó, felicitamos, felicitasteis, felicitaron.
Imperfect
yo: felicitaba
The imperfect of felicitar (felicitaba, felicitabas, felicitaba, felicitábamos, felicitabais, felicitaban) describes ongoing or habitual past congratulations.
Conditional
yo: felicitaría
The conditional of felicitar (felicitaría, felicitarías, felicitaría, etc.) is used for hypotheticals, polite requests, and future-in-the-past.
Present Subjunctive
yo: felicite
The present subjunctive of felicitar (felicite, felicites, felicitemos, felicitéis, feliciten) is used after expressions of doubt, desire, emotion, and uncertainty.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: felicitara
The imperfect subjunctive of felicitar (felicitara/felicitase) is used for past hypotheticals, wishes, or polite requests.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: felicita
The imperative of felicitar uses 'felicita' (tú), 'felicite' (usted), 'felicitemos' (nosotros), 'felicitéis' (vosotros), 'felicite' (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no felicites
Negative commands for felicitar use 'no' plus the present subjunctive: no felicites (tú), no felicite (usted), no felicitemos (nosotros), no felicitéis (vosotros), no feliciten (ustedes).