pescar Conditional Conjugation
pescar — to fish
The conditional adds -ía endings to the infinitive: pescaría, pescarías, pescaría...
pescar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use this for hypothetical situations ('I would fish if I had a boat') or to be polite.
Notes on pescar in the Conditional
Pescar is regular in the conditional. The stem is the entire infinitive.
Example Sentences
Yo pescaría más a menudo si viviera cerca de la costa.
I would fish more often if I lived near the coast.
yo
¿Pescarías en un río contaminado?
Would you fish in a contaminated river?
tú
Nosotros pescaríamos, pero no tenemos cañas.
We would fish, but we don't have rods.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding an extra 'e' to the stem (like 'pescareía').
Correct: pescaría
Why: The conditional endings are added directly to the infinitive for regular verbs.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: pesco
The present tense of pescar is completely regular: pesco, pescas, pesca, pescamos, pescáis, pescan.
Preterite
yo: pesqué
The preterite of pescar features a spelling change in the 'yo' form (pesqué) to keep the 'k' sound.
Imperfect
yo: pescaba
The imperfect of pescar uses the standard -aba endings: pescaba, pescabas, pescaba...
Future
yo: pescaré
The future tense is regular and formed by adding endings to the infinitive: pescaré, pescarás, pescará...
Present Subjunctive
yo: pesque
The present subjunctive uses the 'qu' spelling change in all forms: pesque, pesques, pesque...
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: pescara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the 'ellos' preterite: pescara, pescaras, pescara...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: pesca
Give orders to fish: pesca (tú), pesque (usted), pesquemos (nosotros).
Negative Imperative
yo: no pesques
Negative commands use 'no' plus the subjunctive: no pesques, no pesque, no pesquemos.