marcar Present Conjugation
marcar — dial
The present tense of marcar is completely regular: marco, marcas, marca, marcamos, marcáis, marcan.
marcar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use this for habitual actions like dialing home every day, general facts like how a player scores, or things happening right now.
Notes on marcar in the Present
This verb is entirely regular in the present indicative. No stem changes or spelling shifts occur here.
Example Sentences
Siempre marco el prefijo antes del número.
I always dial the prefix before the number.
yo
Ella marca la ropa de sus hijos con su nombre.
She marks her children's clothes with their names.
él/ella/usted
¿Por qué no marcan el paso?
Why aren't they keeping time (marking the step)?
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: marquo
Correct: marco
Why: Learners often over-correct the 'qu' from the preterite. In the present, 'co' already sounds like 'ko', so no 'qu' is needed.
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Related Tenses
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.
Future
yo: marcaré
The future tense is formed by adding endings to the full infinitive: marcaré, marcarás, marcará, marcaremos, marcaréis, marcarán.
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.