perjudicar Future Conjugation
perjudicar — to harm
Regular: perjudicaré, perjudicarás, perjudicará, perjudicaremos, perjudicaréis, perjudicarán.
perjudicar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to predict that an action or event will cause harm in the future.
Notes on perjudicar in the Future
Perjudicar is fully regular in the future tense; just add the endings to the infinitive.
Example Sentences
Esta nueva ley perjudicará a los pequeños negocios.
This new law will harm small businesses.
él/ella/usted
Si no estudias, te perjudicarás a ti mismo.
If you don't study, you will harm yourself.
tú
Creo que estas medidas nos perjudicaremos a largo plazo.
I think these measures will harm us in the long run.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: perjudicara (without accent)
Correct: perjudicará
Why: Without the accent, it becomes the imperfect subjunctive. The accent is vital for the future tense.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: perjudico
Completely regular: perjudico, perjudicas, perjudica, perjudicamos, perjudicáis, perjudican.
Preterite
yo: perjudiqué
Mostly regular, but the 'yo' form changes to perjudiqué to keep the hard 'k' sound.
Imperfect
yo: perjudicaba
Regular -ar imperfect: perjudicaba, perjudicabas, perjudicaba, perjudicábamos, perjudicabais, perjudicaban.
Conditional
yo: perjudicaría
Regular: perjudicaría, perjudicarías, perjudicaría, perjudicaríamos, perjudicaríais, perjudicarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: perjudique
Perjudicar has a spelling change (c to qu) in all forms: perjudique, perjudiques, perjudique, perjudiquemos, perjudiquéis, perjudiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: perjudicara
Formed from the preterite: perjudicara, perjudicaras, perjudicara, perjudicáramos, perjudicarais, perjudicaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: perjudica
Direct commands: perjudica (tú), perjudique (usted), perjudicad (vosotros), perjudiquen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no perjudiques
Always uses the 'qu' spelling change: no perjudiques, no perjudique, no perjudiquemos, no perjudiquéis, no perjudiquen.