indicar Present Subjunctive Conjugation
indicar — to indicate
The present subjunctive of indicar uses a 'qu' spelling in all forms: indique, indiques, indique, indiquemos, indiquéis, indiquen.
indicar Present Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Present Subjunctive
Use the subjunctive when you want someone to show you something or when there is doubt about what a sign says.
Notes on indicar in the Present Subjunctive
Because it ends in -car, indicar changes 'c' to 'qu' in all forms of the present subjunctive to maintain the hard 'k' sound.
Example Sentences
Espero que me indique la dirección correcta.
I hope you show me the right direction.
él/ella/usted
Es importante que indiques tu nombre aquí.
It is important that you indicate your name here.
tú
Dudo que ellos indiquen la verdad.
I doubt that they will indicate the truth.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: indice
Correct: indique
Why: Learners often forget the 'qu' spelling change required for -car verbs in the subjunctive.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: indico
The present tense of indicar is fully regular: indico, indicas, indica, indicamos, indicáis, indican.
Preterite
yo: indiqué
The preterite of indicar has a spelling change in the first person: indiqué, indicaste, indicó, indicamos, indicasteis, indicaron.
Imperfect
yo: indicaba
The imperfect of indicar is regular: indicaba, indicabas, indicaba, indicábamos, indicabais, indicaban.
Future
yo: indicaré
The future tense of indicar is regular: indicaré, indicarás, indicará, indicaremos, indicaréis, indicarán.
Conditional
yo: indicaría
The conditional of indicar is regular: indicaría, indicarías, indicaría, indicaríamos, indicaríais, indicarían.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: indicara
The imperfect subjunctive of indicar is regular: indicara, indicaras, indicara, indicáramos, indicarais, indicaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: indica
The imperative of indicar includes spelling changes for formal commands: indica, indique, indiquemos, indicad, indiquen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no indiques
The negative imperative of indicar uses 'qu' in all forms: no indiques, no indique, no indiquemos, no indiquéis, no indiquen.