incluir Present Conjugation
incluir — to include
The present tense of incluir is irregular, adding a 'y' before endings: incluyo, incluyes, incluye, incluyen.
incluir Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use the present tense to talk about what a price includes, what someone is currently adding to a list, or general facts about contents.
Notes on incluir in the Present
Incluir is a 'y-inserting' verb. For all forms except nosotros and vosotros, the 'i' changes to 'uy' (e.g., incluyo).
Example Sentences
El precio incluye el desayuno.
The price includes breakfast.
él/ella/usted
Siempre incluyo a mis amigos en los planes.
I always include my friends in the plans.
yo
Nosotros incluimos el IVA en el presupuesto.
We include VAT in the budget.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: yo incluo
Correct: yo incluyo
Why: Verbs ending in -uír (where the 'u' is heard) require a 'y' before endings that don't start with 'i'.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: incluí
In the preterite, incluir changes 'i' to 'y' in the third-person forms: incluyó and incluyeron.
Imperfect
yo: incluía
The imperfect of incluir is regular: incluía, incluías, incluía, incluíamos, incluíais, incluían.
Future
yo: incluiré
The future tense of incluir is regular: incluiré, incluirás, incluirá, incluiremos, incluiréis, incluirán.
Conditional
yo: incluiría
The conditional of incluir is regular: incluiría, incluirías, incluiría, incluiríamos, incluiríais, incluirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: incluya
The present subjunctive of incluir uses the 'y' stem: incluya, incluyas, incluya, incluyamos, incluyáis, incluyan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: incluyera
The imperfect subjunctive of incluir uses the 'y' from the preterite: incluyera, incluyeras, incluyera, incluyéramos...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: incluye
Give commands to include something: incluye (tú), incluya (usted), incluyamos (nosotros), incluyan (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no incluyas
To tell someone NOT to include something: no incluyas (tú), no incluya (usted), no incluyan (ustedes).