secar Conditional Conjugation
secar — to dry
The conditional is regular: add -ía endings to the infinitive (secaría, secarías, secaría, secaríamos, secaríais, secarían).
secar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use this for hypotheticals ('I would dry the dishes, but...') or polite suggestions.
Notes on secar in the Conditional
Secar is fully regular in the conditional tense.
Example Sentences
Yo secaría la ropa, pero está lloviendo.
I would dry the clothes, but it's raining.
yo
¿Secarías el suelo por mí?
Would you dry the floor for me?
tú
Nosotros secaríamos los platos si tuviéramos un trapo.
We would dry the dishes if we had a cloth.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the future instead of the conditional for 'would'.
Correct: secaría
Why: The future (secaré) means 'will dry', while the conditional (secaría) means 'would dry'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: seco
The present tense of secar is completely regular: seco, secas, seca, secamos, secáis, secan.
Preterite
yo: sequé
Secar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'sequé' to preserve the pronunciation.
Imperfect
yo: secaba
The imperfect of secar is regular: secaba, secabas, secaba, secábamos, secabais, secaban.
Future
yo: secaré
The future tense is regular; just add the endings to the infinitive: secaré, secarás, secará, secaremos, secaréis, secarán.
Present Subjunctive
yo: seque
The present subjunctive of secar features a spelling change (c to qu) in all forms: seque, seques, seque, sequemos, sequéis, sequen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: secara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite stem: secara, secaras, secara, secáramos, secarais, secaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: seca
The imperative uses 'seca' (tú) and 'seque' (usted), with the 'c' to 'qu' change in formal and plural commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no seques
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no seques, no seque, no sequemos, no sequéis, no sequen.