
sonreír Future Conjugation
sonreír — to smile
Sonreír is regular in the future: just add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
sonreír Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future to predict that someone will smile or to express probability about someone smiling right now.
Notes on sonreír in the Future
The verb is completely regular in the future tense. Use the full infinitive 'sonreír' as your base.
Example Sentences
Verás que ella sonreirá cuando vea el regalo.
You'll see that she will smile when she sees the gift.
él/ella/usted
Mañana sonreiremos todos en la graduación.
Tomorrow we will all smile at the graduation.
nosotros
Si ganas el premio, sonreirás mucho.
If you win the prize, you will smile a lot.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: sonrira
Correct: sonreirá
Why: Learners often try to apply the stem change from the present tense to the future, but the future always uses the full infinitive.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: sonrío
Sonreír features a stem change (e > í) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: sonreí
Sonreír is a stem-changer in the preterite, changing 'e' to 'i' in the third-person forms: sonrió and sonrieron.
Imperfect
yo: sonreía
The imperfect of sonreír is regular: sonreía, sonreías, sonreía, sonreíamos, sonreíais, sonreían.
Conditional
yo: sonreiría
The conditional of sonreír is regular: sonreiría, sonreirías, sonreiría, sonreiríamos, sonreiríais, sonreirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: sonría
The present subjunctive changes the 'e' to 'í' (sonría) or 'i' (sonriamos).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: sonriera
The imperfect subjunctive is built from the third-person plural preterite: sonriera, sonrieras, sonriera...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: sonríe
The imperative uses sonríe (tú) and sonría (usted) to command someone to smile.
Negative Imperative
yo: no sonrías
The negative imperative uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive: no sonrías, no sonría.