recargar Conditional Conjugation
recargar — to recharge
The conditional is regular; add -ía endings to the infinitive: recargaría, recargarías, recargaría, recargaríamos, recargaríais, recargarían.
recargar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use this for hypothetical actions or polite requests, such as 'I would recharge it if I had the cable'.
Notes on recargar in the Conditional
Recargar is completely regular in the conditional tense.
Example Sentences
Yo recargaría el móvil, pero no tengo el cargador.
I would recharge the phone, but I don't have the charger.
yo
¿Recargarías la tarjeta por mí?
Would you top up the card for me?
tú
Pensé que ellos recargarían el generador.
I thought they would recharge the generator.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding 'gu' to the stem (like 'recarguería').
Correct: recargaría
Why: Spelling changes usually happen before 'e' or 'i'. Since the conditional stem ends in 'a' (recargar-), no change is needed.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: recargo
Recargar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present tense: recargo, recargas, recarga, recargamos, recargáis, recargan.
Preterite
yo: recargué
Recargar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes 'g' to 'gu': recargué.
Imperfect
yo: recargaba
The imperfect is regular for recargar: recargaba, recargabas, recargaba, recargábamos, recargabais, recargaban.
Future
yo: recargaré
The future tense is regular; just add the endings to the infinitive: recargaré, recargarás, recargará, recargaremos, recargaréis, recargarán.
Present Subjunctive
yo: recargue
The present subjunctive of recargar requires a spelling change from 'g' to 'gu' in all persons: recargue, recargues, recargue, recarguemos, recarguéis, recarguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: recargara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite stem: recargara, recargaras, recargara, recargáramos, recargarais, recargaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: recarga
The imperative uses regular forms for 'tú' (recarga) and 'vosotros' (recargad), but requires 'gu' for formal/plural forms (recargue, recarguen).
Negative Imperative
yo: no recargues
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no recargues, no recargue, no recarguemos, no recarguen.