malgastar Future Conjugation
malgastar — to waste
The future of malgastar is regular: malgastaré, malgastarás, malgastará, malgastaremos, malgastaréis, malgastarán.
malgastar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future tense to talk about definite future actions of wasting, or to express probability or conjecture about a present situation. For example, 'You will waste time if you're not careful' or 'He's probably wasting his energy'.
Notes on malgastar in the Future
Malgastar is regular in the future tense. The future stem is the infinitive 'malgastar', and the standard future endings are added.
Example Sentences
Si no te das prisa, malgastarás todo el día.
If you don't hurry, you will waste the whole day.
tú
Mañana malgastaremos el tiempo si no planificamos.
Tomorrow we will waste time if we don't plan.
nosotros
Ella malgastará sus ahorros si sigue comprando así.
She will waste her savings if she keeps buying like this.
él/ella/usted
Los políticos malgastarán el presupuesto en campañas.
The politicians will waste the budget on campaigns.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the present tense instead of the future for a definite future action.
Correct: Use 'malgastaremos' for 'we will waste', not 'malgastamos'.
Why: While the present can sometimes imply future, the future tense is more precise for planned or certain future events.
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on future forms.
Correct: Forms like 'malgastaré', 'malgastarás', 'malgastará' all carry an accent on the stressed vowel.
Why: The accent marks the correct pronunciation and distinguishes these forms.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: malgasto
Malgastar is regular: malgasto, malgastas, malgasta, malgastamos, malgastáis, malgastan.
Preterite
yo: malgasté
The preterite of malgastar is regular: malgasté, malgastaste, malgastó, malgastamos, malgastasteis, malgastaron.
Imperfect
yo: malgastaba
The imperfect of malgastar is regular: malgastaba, malgastabas, malgastaba, malgastábamos, malgastabais, malgastaban.
Conditional
yo: malgastaría
The conditional of malgastar is regular: malgastaría, malgastarías, malgastaría, malgastaríamos, malgastaríais, malgastarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: malgaste
Use 'malgaste' for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after impersonal expressions.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: malgastara
Use 'malgastara' or 'malgastase' for past hypotheticals, wishes, or polite requests.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: malgasta
Use 'malgasta' (tú) and 'malgasten' (ustedes) for direct commands with malgastar.
Negative Imperative
yo: no malgastes
Form negative commands with 'no' + present subjunctive: 'no malgastes' (tú), 'no malgasten' (ustedes).