marcar Future Conjugation
marcar — dial
The future tense is formed by adding endings to the full infinitive: marcaré, marcarás, marcará, marcaremos, marcaréis, marcarán.
marcar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to predict who will score in a game or to state that you will dial a number later. It can also express probability in the present.
Notes on marcar in the Future
Marcar is regular in the future tense. Use the entire word 'marcar' as your base.
Example Sentences
Te marcaré en cuanto llegue a casa.
I will call (dial) you as soon as I get home.
yo
El delantero marcará muchos goles esta temporada.
The forward will score many goals this season.
él/ella/usted
Marcaremos los errores con un bolígrafo rojo.
We will mark the errors with a red pen.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: marcaré (without accent)
Correct: marcaré
Why: Almost all future tense endings require an accent mark to indicate stress on the final syllable.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: marco
The present tense of marcar is completely regular: marco, marcas, marca, marcamos, marcáis, marcan.
Preterite
yo: marqué
The preterite of marcar has a spelling change in the first person: marqué, marcaste, marcó, marcamos, marcasteis, marcaron.
Imperfect
yo: marcaba
The imperfect of marcar is regular: marcaba, marcabas, marcaba, marcábamos, marcabais, marcaban.
Conditional
yo: marcaría
The conditional uses the infinitive plus -ía endings: marcaría, marcarías, marcaría, marcaríamos, marcaríais, marcarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: marque
The present subjunctive uses a 'qu' spelling change: marque, marques, marque, marquemos, marquéis, marquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: marcara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular: marcara, marcaras, marcara, marcáramos, marcarais, marcaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: marca
Give commands with marcar: marca (tú), marque (usted), marcad (vosotros), marquen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no marques
Negative commands use the subjunctive with 'no': no marques, no marque, no marquemos, no marquéis, no marquen.