tentar Future Conjugation
tentar — to tempt
The future tense is regular; simply add the endings to the infinitive: tentaré, tentarás, tentará...
tentar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to predict what will tempt someone or to express a future intention to test or probe something.
Notes on tentar in the Future
The verb is fully regular in the future. The stem remains 'tentar-'.
Example Sentences
Esa oferta te tentará, ya lo verás.
That offer will tempt you, you'll see.
él/ella/usted
Llegaremos tarde y nos tentarán con la cena.
We will arrive late and they will tempt us with dinner.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Mañana tentaremos el terreno antes de decidir.
Tomorrow we will test the waters before deciding.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding 'ie' to the stem (tientaré).
Correct: The correct form is 'tentaré'.
Why: The future tense uses the full infinitive as the stem; stem changes are ignored.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: tiento
The present tense of tentar features an e-to-ie stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: tenté
The preterite of tentar is completely regular: tenté, tentaste, tentó, tentamos, tentasteis, tentaron.
Imperfect
yo: tentaba
The imperfect of tentar is regular: tentaba, tentabas, tentaba, tentábamos, tentabais, tentaban.
Conditional
yo: tentaría
The conditional is regular: tentaría, tentarías, tentaría, tentaríamos, tentaríais, tentarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: tiente
The present subjunctive of tentar follows the e-to-ie stem change: tiente, tientes, tiente, tentemos, tentéis, tienten.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: tentara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular: tentara, tentaras, tentara, tentáramos, tentarais, tentaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: tienta
The imperative uses 'tienta' (tú) and 'tiente' (usted), following the stem change.
Negative Imperative
yo: no tientes
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no tientes, no tiente, no tentemos...