regar Future Conjugation
regar — to water
The future tense of regar is regular: regaré, regarás, regará, regaremos, regaréis, regarán.
regar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this when you are planning to water the plants later or expressing a promise to do so.
Notes on regar in the Future
Regar is fully regular in the future. You simply add the endings to the full infinitive.
Example Sentences
Regaré los cactus el próximo domingo.
I will water the cacti next Sunday.
yo
Si no llueve, el jardinero regará el parque.
If it doesn't rain, the gardener will water the park.
él/ella/usted
Mañana regaremos todo el invernadero.
Tomorrow we will water the whole greenhouse.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: riegaré
Correct: regaré
Why: Do not use the 'ie' stem change in the future tense; use the full infinitive as the base.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: riego
Regar changes its stem from 'e' to 'ie' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros: riego, riegas, riega, regamos, regáis, riegan.
Preterite
yo: regué
Regar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (regué) to keep the sound consistent, but otherwise follows regular -ar patterns.
Imperfect
yo: regaba
Regar is completely regular in the imperfect: regaba, regabas, regaba, regábamos, regabais, regaban.
Conditional
yo: regaría
The conditional of regar is regular: regaría, regarías, regaría, regaríamos, regaríais, regarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: riegue
The present subjunctive follows the stem change (ie) and the spelling change (gu): riegue, riegues, riegue, reguemos, reguéis, rieguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: regara
The imperfect subjunctive of regar is regular based on the preterite stem: regara, regaras, regara, regáramos, regarais, regaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: riega
Use 'riega' (tú) or 'riegue' (usted) to give commands to water something.
Negative Imperative
yo: no riegues
The negative imperative uses present subjunctive forms: no riegues, no riegue, no reguemos, no reguéis, no rieguen.