patinar Conditional Conjugation
patinar — to skate
The conditional tense of patinar is: patinaría, patinarías, patinaría, patinaríamos, patinaríais, patinarían.
patinar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations ('I would skate'), polite requests ('Would you skate with me?'), or to express what someone would do in the past ('He said he would skate').
Notes on patinar in the Conditional
Patinar is regular in the conditional tense. The stem is the infinitive 'patinar', and the endings are the standard conditional endings.
Example Sentences
Yo patinaría si tuviera patines nuevos.
I would skate if I had new skates.
yo
¿Patinarías conmigo en la pista?
Would you skate with me at the rink?
tú
Ella dijo que patinaría con nosotros.
She said she would skate with us.
él/ella/usted
Ellos patinarían más si hiciera mejor tiempo.
They would skate more if the weather were better.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the imperfect subjunctive 'patinara' instead of the conditional 'patinaría' for 'would'.
Correct: Use 'patinaría' for the meaning of 'would skate' in hypothetical or polite contexts.
Why: The conditional expresses what is possible or likely under certain circumstances ('would'), while the imperfect subjunctive often expresses unreal or contrary-to-fact situations.
Mistake: Confusing 'patinaría' (yo/él/ella/usted) with 'patinarían' (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Correct: Add the '-n' for the plural form: 'patinarían'.
Why: This is a common error with regular verbs; the plural requires the final '-n'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: patino
The present tense of patinar is: patino, patinas, patina, patinamos, patináis, patinan.
Preterite
yo: patiné
The preterite of patinar is regular: patiné, patinaste, patinó, patinamos, patinasteis, patinaron.
Imperfect
yo: patinaba
The imperfect tense of patinar is: patinaba, patinabas, patinaba, patinábamos, patinabais, patinaban.
Future
yo: patinaré
The future tense of patinar is: patinaré, patinarás, patinará, patinaremos, patinaréis, patinarán.
Present Subjunctive
yo: patine
The present subjunctive of patinar is: patine (yo/él/ella/usted), patines (tú), patinemos (nosotros), patinéis (vosotros), patinen (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: patinara
The imperfect subjunctive of patinar has two forms: patinara/patinaras/patinara/patináramos/patinarais/patinaran and patinase/patinases/patinase/patinásemos/patinaseis/patinasen.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: patina
The imperative of patinar is: patina (tú), patine (usted), patinemos (nosotros), patinad (vosotros), patinen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no patines
The negative imperative of patinar uses 'no' + present subjunctive: no patines (tú), no patine (usted), no patinemos (nosotros), no patinéis (vosotros), no patinen (ustedes).