sancionar Future Conjugation
sancionar — to penalize
The future tense of sancionar indicates future actions: sancionaré, sancionarás, sancionará, sancionaremos, sancionaréis, sancionarán.
sancionar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future tense to talk about actions that will definitely happen in the future, or to express probability or conjecture about a present situation.
Notes on sancionar in the Future
Sancionar is regular in the future tense. The stem is the infinitive 'sancionar', and the endings are added directly.
Example Sentences
El comité sancionará la propuesta la próxima semana.
The committee will sanction the proposal next week.
él/ella/usted
Yo sancionaré cualquier intento de fraude.
I will penalize any attempt at fraud.
yo
¿Tú sancionarás las irregularidades?
Will you penalize the irregularities?
tú
Nosotros sancionaremos las violaciones.
We will penalize the violations.
nosotros
Ellos sancionarán la nueva política.
They will sanction the new policy.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the present tense instead of the future.
Correct: For a definite future action, use the future tense: 'sancionará' (not 'sanciona').
Why: The present tense describes current actions, not future ones.
Mistake: Confusing future and conditional endings.
Correct: Future endings are -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án. Conditional endings are -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían.
Why: These endings are similar and can be easily confused.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: sanciono
The present tense of sancionar describes current actions or general truths: sanciono, sancionas, sanciona, sancionamos, sancionáis, sancionan.
Preterite
yo: sancioné
The preterite of sancionar indicates completed past actions: sancioné, sancionaste, sancionó, sancionamos, sancionasteis, sancionaron.
Imperfect
yo: sancionaba
The imperfect of sancionar describes ongoing or habitual past actions: sancionaba, sancionabas, sancionaba, sancionábamos, sancionabais, sancionaban.
Conditional
yo: sancionaría
The conditional of sancionar expresses hypothetical results, polite requests, or future-in-the-past: sancionaría, sancionarías, sancionaría, sancionaríamos, sancionaríais, sancionarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: sancione
The present subjunctive of sancionar is used for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after impersonal expressions: sancione, sanciones, sancione, sancionemos, sancionen, sancionéis.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: sancionara
The imperfect subjunctive of sancionar expresses past hypothetical situations or wishes: sancionara, sancionaras, sancionara, sancionáramos, sancionarais, sancionaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: sanciona
The imperative of sancionar gives direct commands: sanciona (tú), sancione (usted), sancionemos (nosotros), sancionen (ustedes), sancionad (vosotros).
Negative Imperative
yo: no sanciones
Negative commands for sancionar use the present subjunctive: no sanciones (tú), no sancione (usted), no sancionemos (nosotros), no sancionen (ustedes), no sancionéis (vosotros).