rechazar Present Conjugation
rechazar — to reject
The present tense of rechazar is regular: rechazo, rechazas, rechaza, rechazamos, rechazáis, rechazan.
rechazar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use this for habitual actions (e.g., 'I always reject spam') or to state a current fact about someone turning something down right now.
Notes on rechazar in the Present
Rechazar is completely regular in the present indicative.
Example Sentences
Yo rechazo cualquier tipo de discriminación.
I reject any type of discrimination.
yo
¿Por qué rechazas mi ayuda?
Why do you reject my help?
tú
Ellos siempre rechazan las galletas con pasas.
They always reject the cookies with raisins.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Thinking it is a stem-changer like 'recordar'.
Correct: rechazo (not rechuezo)
Why: Rechazar does not have a vowel change in the stem.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: rechacé
The preterite of rechazar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form (rechacé); all other forms are regular.
Imperfect
yo: rechazaba
The imperfect of rechazar is regular: rechazaba, rechazabas, rechazaba, rechazábamos, rechazabais, rechazaban.
Future
yo: rechazaré
The future tense of rechazar is regular: rechazaré, rechazarás, rechazará, rechazaremos, rechazaréis, rechazarán.
Conditional
yo: rechazaría
The conditional of rechazar is regular: rechazaría, rechazarías, rechazaría, rechazaríamos, rechazaríais, rechazarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: rechace
The present subjunctive of rechazar features a spelling change from 'z' to 'c' in all forms: rechace, rechaces, rechace, rechacemos, rechacéis, rechacen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: rechazara
The imperfect subjunctive of rechazar is formed from the third-person plural preterite: rechazara, rechazaras, rechazara, rechazáramos, rechazarais, rechazaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: rechaza
The imperative for rechazar uses the 'z' to 'c' spelling change in formal and plural commands (rechace, rechacen).
Negative Imperative
yo: no rechaces
The negative imperative of rechazar always uses the present subjunctive forms: no rechaces, no rechace, no rechacemos, no rechacéis, no rechacen.