obligar Conditional Conjugation
obligar — to force
The conditional of obligar is regular: obligaría, obligarías, obligaría, obligaríamos, obligaríais, obligarían.
obligar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use this for hypothetical 'would' scenarios or to express what would force a change in behavior.
Notes on obligar in the Conditional
Obligar is fully regular in the conditional tense.
Example Sentences
Yo no te obligaría a hacer algo peligroso.
I wouldn't force you to do something dangerous.
yo
¿Nos obligarían a ir si no quisiéramos?
Would they force us to go if we didn't want to?
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Eso nos obligaría a cambiar todos los planes.
That would force us to change all the plans.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding an 'e' like 'obliguería'.
Correct: The form is simply obligaría.
Why: Spelling changes like g > gu only happen before 'e' or 'i'. Since the conditional ending starts with 'a', no change is needed.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: obligo
The present tense of obligar is regular: obligo, obligas, obliga, obligamos, obligáis, obligan.
Preterite
yo: obligué
The preterite of obligar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form: obligué, obligaste, obligó, obligamos, obligasteis, obligaron.
Imperfect
yo: obligaba
The imperfect of obligar is regular for -ar verbs: obligaba, obligabas, obligaba, obligábamos, obligabais, obligaban.
Future
yo: obligaré
The future of obligar is regular, adding endings to the infinitive: obligaré, obligarás, obligará, obligaremos, obligaréis, obligarán.
Present Subjunctive
yo: obligue
The present subjunctive of obligar requires a spelling change (g to gu) to keep the hard 'g' sound: obligue, obligues, obligue, obliguemos, obliguéis, obliguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: obligara
The imperfect subjunctive of obligar is formed from the third-person plural preterite: obligara, obligaras, obligara, obligáramos, obligarais, obligaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: obliga
The imperative of obligar uses standard -ar endings, with a spelling change in formal and plural forms: obliga, obligue, obliguemos, obligad, obliguen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no obligues
The negative imperative of obligar uses the present subjunctive forms: no obligues, no obligue, no obliguemos, no obliguéis, no obliguen.