ratificar Future Conjugation
ratificar — to ratify
The future of ratificar is regular: ratificaré, ratificarás, ratificará, ratificaremos, ratificaréis, ratificarán.
ratificar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to state that a formal confirmation or validation will happen in the future.
Notes on ratificar in the Future
Ratificar is fully regular in the future; simply add the endings to the infinitive.
Example Sentences
Ratificarán el tratado el próximo mes.
They will ratify the treaty next month.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Mañana ratificaré mi firma ante el notario.
Tomorrow I will ratify my signature before the notary.
yo
¿Ratificarás tu posición en el debate?
Will you ratify your position in the debate?
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: ratificara
Correct: ratificará
Why: Missing the accent changes the future 'he/she will ratify' into the imperfect subjunctive 'he/she might ratify'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: ratifico
Ratificar is a regular -ar verb in the present tense: ratifico, ratificas, ratifica, ratificamos, ratificáis, ratifican.
Preterite
yo: ratifiqué
Ratificar is regular except for the 'yo' form spelling change: ratifiqué, ratificaste, ratificó, ratificamos, ratificasteis, ratificaron.
Imperfect
yo: ratificaba
The imperfect of ratificar is regular: ratificaba, ratificabas, ratificaba, ratificábamos, ratificabais, ratificaban.
Conditional
yo: ratificaría
The conditional of ratificar is regular: ratificaría, ratificarías, ratificaría, ratificaríamos, ratificaríais, ratificarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: ratifique
Ratificar undergoes a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: ratifique, ratifiques, ratifique, ratifiquemos, ratifiquéis, ratifiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: ratificara
The imperfect subjunctive of ratificar is formed from the third-person plural preterite: ratificara, ratificaras, ratificara, ratificáramos, ratificarais, ratificaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: ratifica
The imperative for ratificar uses the base 'ratifica' for tú and the 'qu' spelling change for formal commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no ratifiques
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms with 'no': no ratifiques, no ratifique, no ratifiquemos, no ratifiquéis, no ratifiquen.