medicar Present Conjugation
medicar — to prescribe medicine
Medicar is completely regular in the present indicative: medico, medicas, medica, medicamos, medicáis, medican.
medicar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use the present tense to describe current habits, general medical practices, or what a doctor is doing right now.
Notes on medicar in the Present
Medicar is a regular -ar verb in the present tense. No spelling changes occur here because the endings start with 'o' or 'a'.
Example Sentences
Yo no medico sin ver los análisis primero.
I don't prescribe medicine without seeing the tests first.
yo
La doctora medica a muchos pacientes cada día.
The doctor medicates many patients every day.
él/ella/usted
¿Tú medicas a tus hijos cuando tienen fiebre?
Do you medicate your children when they have a fever?
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Confusing 'medico' (I medicate) with 'médico' (doctor).
Correct: medico (no accent)
Why: The verb form 'medico' has the stress on the 'di', while the noun 'médico' has the stress and an accent on the 'mé'.
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Related Tenses
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.
Conditional
yo: medicaría
The conditional of medicar is regular: medicaría, medicarías, medicaría, medicaríamos, medicaríais, medicarían.
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.