garantizar Present Conjugation
garantizar — to guarantee
The present tense of garantizar is regular: garantizo, garantizas, garantiza, garantizamos, garantizáis, garantizan.
garantizar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use this tense to talk about promises, warranties, or services that are currently active or are general facts about a product or person.
Notes on garantizar in the Present
Garantizar is completely regular in the present indicative. There are no spelling changes here because the vowel 'a' or 'o' follows the 'z'.
Example Sentences
Esta empresa garantiza todos sus productos.
This company guarantees all its products.
él/ella/usted
Yo te garantizo que la comida es excelente.
I guarantee you that the food is excellent.
yo
Nosotros garantizamos la seguridad de los datos.
We guarantee the security of the data.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Changing 'z' to 'c' in the present indicative (e.g., garanticio).
Correct: Keep the 'z' in all present indicative forms: garantizo, garantizas, etc.
Why: The z-to-c change only happens before 'e' or 'i', which doesn't occur in the present indicative endings for -ar verbs.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: garanticé
The preterite of garantizar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form: garanticé, but is otherwise regular.
Imperfect
yo: garantizaba
The imperfect of garantizar is fully regular: garantizaba, garantizabas, garantizaba, garantizábamos, garantizabais, garantizaban.
Future
yo: garantizaré
The future of garantizar is regular: garantizaré, garantizarás, garantizará, garantizaremos, garantizaréis, garantizarán.
Conditional
yo: garantizaría
The conditional of garantizar is regular: garantizaría, garantizarías, garantizaría, garantizaríamos, garantizaríais, garantizarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: garantice
The present subjunctive of garantizar changes 'z' to 'c' in all forms: garantice, garantices, garantice, garanticemos, garanticéis, garanticen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: garantizara
The imperfect subjunctive of garantizar is regular (based on the preterite): garantizara, garantizaras, garantizara, garantizáramos, garantizarais, garantizaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: garantiza
The imperative of garantizar uses 'z' for 'tú/vosotros' and 'c' for 'usted/ustedes': garantiza, garantice, garanticemos, garantizad, garanticen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no garantices
The negative imperative of garantizar always uses 'c': no garantices, no garantice, no garanticemos, no garanticéis, no garanticen.