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rectificar

to correct

Complete conjugation tables and interactive practice exercises. This is a regular with spelling adjustment -ar verb.

The Spanish verb rectificar means to correct.

Present tense:

yorectifico
rectificas
él/ella/ustedrectifica
nosotrosrectificamos
vosotrosrectificáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesrectifican

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subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesrectificaran
yorectificara
rectificaras
vosotrosrectificarais
nosotrosrectificáramos
él/ella/ustedrectificara

The imperfect subjunctive of rectificar is regular, based on the third-person plural preterite: rectificara, rectificaras, rectificara, rectificáramos, rectificarais, rectificaran.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesrectifiquen
yorectifique
rectifiques
vosotrosrectifiquéis
nosotrosrectifiquemos
él/ella/ustedrectifique

Rectificar follows the -ar subjunctive pattern but changes 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: rectifique, rectifiques, rectifique, rectifiquemos, rectifiquéis, rectifiquen.

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imperative

negative

no rectifiques
vosotrosno rectifiquéis
ustedesno rectifiquen
nosotrosno rectifiquemos
ustedno rectifique

The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no rectifiques, no rectifique, no rectifiquemos, no rectifiquéis, no rectifiquen.

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affirmative

rectifica
vosotrosrectificad
ustedesrectifiquen
nosotrosrectifiquemos
ustedrectifique

The imperative uses 'rectifica' (tú) and 'rectifique' (usted). Use it for direct commands to fix something.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesrectificarían
yorectificaría
rectificarías
vosotrosrectificaríais
nosotrosrectificaríamos
él/ella/ustedrectificaría

The conditional of rectificar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesrectificaron
yorectifiqué
rectificaste
vosotrosrectificasteis
nosotrosrectificamos
él/ella/ustedrectificó

Rectificar is regular in the preterite except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'rectifiqué'.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesrectificaban
yorectificaba
rectificabas
vosotrosrectificabais
nosotrosrectificábamos
él/ella/ustedrectificaba

The imperfect of rectificar is regular: rectificaba, rectificabas, rectificaba, rectificábamos, rectificabais, rectificaban.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesrectifican
yorectifico
rectificas
vosotrosrectificáis
nosotrosrectificamos
él/ella/ustedrectifica

Rectificar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present tense: rectifico, rectificas, rectifica, rectificamos, rectificáis, rectifican.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesrectificarán
yorectificaré
rectificarás
vosotrosrectificaréis
nosotrosrectificaremos
él/ella/ustedrectificará

The future tense of rectificar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.

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