indagar Present Conjugation
indagar — to investigate
Indagar is completely regular in the present indicative: indago, indagas, indaga, indagamos, indagáis, indagan.
indagar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use this for current investigations, habitual research, or general facts about looking into matters.
Notes on indagar in the Present
The verb is fully regular here. No spelling changes are needed because the endings (-o, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an) do not start with 'e' or 'i'.
Example Sentences
Yo siempre indago antes de tomar una decisión.
I always investigate before making a decision.
yo
Ella indaga en los archivos de la biblioteca.
She is researching in the library archives.
él/ella/usted
¿Por qué indagas tanto en mis asuntos?
Why do you pry so much into my business?
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding a 'u' unnecessarily (e.g., 'indaguo').
Correct: indago
Why: The 'g' stays hard before 'o' and 'a', so no extra letters are needed.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: indagué
Indagar is regular in the preterite except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'indagué'.
Imperfect
yo: indagaba
The imperfect of indagar is regular: indagaba, indagabas, indagaba, indagábamos, indagabais, indagaban.
Future
yo: indagaré
The future tense of indagar is regular: indagaré, indagarás, indagará, indagaremos, indagaréis, indagarán.
Conditional
yo: indagaría
The conditional of indagar is regular: indagaría, indagarías, indagaría, indagaríamos, indagaríais, indagarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: indague
The present subjunctive of indagar requires a spelling change from 'g' to 'gu' in all forms: indague, indagues, indague, indaguemos, indaguéis, indaguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: indagara
The imperfect subjunctive is formed from the third-person plural preterite: indagara, indagaras, indagara, indagáramos, indagarais, indagaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: indaga
The imperative uses the 'g' to 'gu' spelling change for formal commands and 'nosotros'.
Negative Imperative
yo: no indagues
All negative commands for indagar use the present subjunctive forms: no indagues, no indague, no indaguemos, no indaguéis, no indaguen.