medicar Conditional Conjugation
medicar — to prescribe medicine
The conditional of medicar is regular: medicaría, medicarías, medicaría, medicaríamos, medicaríais, medicarían.
medicar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use this to express what would happen under certain conditions or to make a polite suggestion to a doctor.
Notes on medicar in the Conditional
Medicar is fully regular in the conditional. Add the -ía endings directly to the infinitive.
Example Sentences
¿Medicaría usted a un niño tan pequeño?
Would you medicate such a young child?
él/ella/usted
Yo no lo medicaría sin una segunda opinión.
I wouldn't medicate him without a second opinion.
yo
Nosotros medicaríamos al paciente si fuera necesario.
We would medicate the patient if it were necessary.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Confusing the conditional 'medicaría' with the imperfect 'medicaba'.
Correct: medicaría
Why: Conditional implies 'would', while imperfect implies 'used to' or 'was doing'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: medico
Medicar is completely regular in the present indicative: medico, medicas, medica, medicamos, medicáis, medican.
Preterite
yo: mediqué
Medicar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'mediqué' to preserve the sound.
Imperfect
yo: medicaba
The imperfect of medicar is regular: medicaba, medicabas, medicaba, medicábamos, medicabais, medicaban.
Future
yo: medicaré
The future of medicar is regular: medicaré, medicarás, medicará, medicaremos, medicaréis, medicarán.
Present Subjunctive
yo: medique
Medicar undergoes a c to qu spelling change in all persons: medique, mediques, medique, mediquemos, mediquéis, mediquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: medicara
The imperfect subjunctive of medicar is regular based on the preterite: medicara, medicaras, medicara, medicáramos, medicarais, medicaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: medica
The imperative uses regular -ar endings, but the 'usted' and 'ustedes' forms use the 'qu' spelling change.
Negative Imperative
yo: no mediques
The negative imperative always uses the 'qu' spelling change: no mediques, no medique, no mediquemos, no mediquéis, no mediquen.