ocasionar Future Conjugation
ocasionar — to cause
The future of ocasionar adds endings directly to the infinitive: ocasionaré, ocasionarás, ocasionará, ocasionaremos, ocasionaréis, ocasionarán.
ocasionar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future tense to predict what consequences an action will have or to express what will cause a change later on.
Notes on ocasionar in the Future
Ocasionar is regular in the future. The stem is the full infinitive.
Example Sentences
Esta decisión ocasionará cambios importantes.
This decision will cause important changes.
él/ella/usted
Si no arreglamos esto, ocasionaremos un desastre.
If we don't fix this, we will cause a disaster.
nosotros
Las obras ocasionarán ruido durante la noche.
The construction work will cause noise during the night.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: ocasionara
Correct: ocasionará
Why: Without the accent, it looks like the imperfect subjunctive form 'ocasionara'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: ocasiono
Ocasionar is regular in the present: ocasiono, ocasionas, ocasiona, ocasionamos, ocasionáis, ocasionan.
Preterite
yo: ocasioné
The preterite of ocasionar follows regular -ar patterns: ocasioné, ocasionaste, ocasionó, ocasionamos, ocasionasteis, ocasionaron.
Imperfect
yo: ocasionaba
The imperfect of ocasionar uses standard -aba endings: ocasionaba, ocasionabas, ocasionaba, ocasionábamos, ocasionabais, ocasionaban.
Conditional
yo: ocasionaría
The conditional of ocasionar adds -ía endings to the infinitive: ocasionaría, ocasionarías, ocasionaría, ocasionaríamos, ocasionaríais, ocasionarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: ocasione
The present subjunctive of ocasionar uses -e endings: ocasione, ocasiones, ocasione, ocasionemos, ocasionéis, ocasionen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: ocasionara
The imperfect subjunctive of ocasionar uses the -ra endings: ocasionara, ocasionaras, ocasionara, ocasionáramos, ocasionarais, ocasionaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: ocasiona
The affirmative imperative of ocasionar uses standard command forms: ocasiona, ocasione, ocasionemos, ocasionad, ocasionen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no ocasiones
Negative commands for ocasionar use the present subjunctive: no ocasiones, no ocasione, no ocasionemos, no ocasionéis, no ocasionen.