ratificar Present Conjugation
ratificar — to ratify
Ratificar is a regular -ar verb in the present tense: ratifico, ratificas, ratifica, ratificamos, ratificáis, ratifican.
ratificar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use this for current habits, general truths about procedures, or confirming something right now.
Notes on ratificar in the Present
Ratificar is completely regular in the present indicative.
Example Sentences
Yo ratifico lo que dije en la reunión.
I ratify what I said in the meeting.
yo
El director ratifica los acuerdos cada lunes.
The director ratifies the agreements every Monday.
él/ella/usted
Ellos ratifican el presupuesto anualmente.
They ratify the budget annually.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: ratifiquo
Correct: ratifico
Why: Learners often over-apply the 'qu' spelling change from the preterite or subjunctive to the present tense.
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Related Tenses
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.
Future
yo: ratificaré
The future of ratificar is regular: ratificaré, ratificarás, ratificará, ratificaremos, ratificaréis, ratificarán.
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.