regar Present Conjugation
regar — to water
Regar changes its stem from 'e' to 'ie' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros: riego, riegas, riega, regamos, regáis, riegan.
regar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use the present tense to talk about your gardening routine, how often you water your plants, or to state that you are watering them right now.
Notes on regar in the Present
This is a stem-changing verb (e > ie). Remember the 'boot rule': the change happens everywhere except for the 'we' (nosotros) and 'you all' (vosotros) forms.
Example Sentences
Riego las plantas todas las mañanas.
I water the plants every morning.
yo
¿Riegas el jardín hoy?
Are you watering the garden today?
tú
Mi abuelo riega los tomates con una manguera.
My grandfather waters the tomatoes with a hose.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros regamos el césped dos veces por semana.
We water the lawn twice a week.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: regas
Correct: riegas
Why: Regar is a stem-changer; the 'e' must become 'ie' in the tú form.
Mistake: riegamos
Correct: regamos
Why: The stem change (e > ie) never happens in the nosotros form.
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Related Tenses
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.
Future
yo: regaré
The future tense of regar is regular: regaré, regarás, regará, regaremos, regaréis, regarán.
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.