medicar Present Subjunctive Conjugation
medicar — to prescribe medicine
Medicar undergoes a c to qu spelling change in all persons: medique, mediques, medique, mediquemos, mediquéis, mediquen.
medicar Present Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Present Subjunctive
Use this when expressing a desire, doubt, or recommendation about someone being medicated, often following phrases like 'espero que' or 'es importante que'.
Notes on medicar in the Present Subjunctive
This is a spelling-change verb. To keep the hard 'k' sound of the infinitive, the 'c' changes to 'qu' before the 'e' endings of the subjunctive.
Example Sentences
Espero que el doctor no me medique innecesariamente.
I hope the doctor doesn't medicate me unnecessarily.
él/ella/usted
Es importante que mediquemos al paciente ahora.
It is important that we medicate the patient now.
nosotros
Dudo que ellos mediquen sin una receta.
I doubt they would prescribe medicine without a prescription.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Writing 'medice' instead of 'medique'.
Correct: medique
Why: Using a 'c' before 'e' would create a soft 's' sound (me-di-se). The 'qu' is required to maintain the 'k' sound.
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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.
Conditional
yo: medicaría
The conditional of medicar is regular: medicaría, medicarías, medicaría, medicaríamos, medicaríais, medicarían.
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.