notificar Preterite Conjugation
notificar — to notify
The preterite of notificar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to notifiqué.
notificar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite for completed notifications that happened at a specific point in time.
Notes on notificar in the Preterite
There is a spelling change in the 'yo' form (notifiqué) to preserve the hard 'k' sound. Other forms are regular.
Example Sentences
Ayer le notifiqué la noticia por correo.
Yesterday I notified him of the news by mail.
yo
La empresa nos notificó el despido.
The company notified us of the layoff.
él/ella/usted
¿Nos notificaste el cambio?
Did you notify us of the change?
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Writing 'notificé' instead of 'notifiqué'.
Correct: notifiqué
Why: The letter 'c' before 'e' sounds like 's'. You need 'qu' to keep the 'k' sound of the infinitive.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: notifico
The present tense of notificar is completely regular: notifico, notificas, notifica, notificamos, notificáis, notifican.
Imperfect
yo: notificaba
The imperfect of notificar is regular: notificaba, notificabas, notificaba, notificábamos, notificabais, notificaban.
Future
yo: notificaré
The future of notificar is regular: notificaré, notificarás, notificará, notificaremos, notificaréis, notificarán.
Conditional
yo: notificaría
The conditional of notificar is regular: notificaría, notificarías, notificaría, notificaríamos, notificaríais, notificarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: notifique
The present subjunctive of notificar requires a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: notifique, notifiques, notifique, notifiquemos, notifiquéis, notifiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: notificara
The imperfect subjunctive of notificar is formed using the 'notificara' stem and is regular for -ar verbs.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: notifica
The imperative of notificar uses the regular 'notifica' (tú) and spelling-changed 'notifique' (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no notifiques
The negative imperative of notificar always uses the 'qu' spelling change: no notifiques, no notifique, etc.