obligar Future Conjugation
obligar — to force
The future of obligar is regular, adding endings to the infinitive: obligaré, obligarás, obligará, obligaremos, obligaréis, obligarán.
obligar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to predict future requirements or to state what will be mandatory later on.
Notes on obligar in the Future
Obligar is fully regular in the future tense.
Example Sentences
La nueva ley nos obligará a reciclar más.
The new law will force us to recycle more.
él/ella/usted
Te obligaré a comer tus verduras.
I will force you to eat your vegetables.
yo
Pronto nos obligarán a pagar con tarjeta.
Soon they will force us to pay by card.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent marks on future endings.
Correct: Most future forms (except nosotros) need an accent: obligaré, obligarás, etc.
Why: The stress in the future tense always falls on the final syllable of the ending.
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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.
Conditional
yo: obligaría
The conditional of obligar is regular: obligaría, obligarías, obligaría, obligaríamos, obligaríais, obligarían.
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.