terminar Future Conjugation
terminar — to finish
The future tense of terminar uses the infinitive plus endings: terminaré, terminarás, terminará, terminaremos, terminaréis, terminarán.
terminar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future to promise when you will finish a task or to predict when a certain event will end.
Notes on terminar in the Future
Terminar is regular in the future tense; just add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
Example Sentences
Te prometo que terminaré el informe mañana.
I promise you I will finish the report tomorrow.
yo
La película terminará en diez minutos.
The movie will finish in ten minutes.
él/ella/usted
¿Cuándo terminaréis vosotros el curso?
When will you all finish the course?
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent marks on the future endings.
Correct: All forms except 'nosotros' (terminaremos) require an accent mark.
Why: Future tense endings always carry accents to indicate stress on the final syllable.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: termino
The present tense of terminar is regular: termino, terminas, termina, terminamos, termináis, terminan.
Preterite
yo: terminé
The preterite of terminar is regular: terminé, terminaste, terminó, terminamos, terminasteis, terminaron.
Imperfect
yo: terminaba
The imperfect of terminar follows the standard -ar pattern: terminaba, terminabas, terminaba, terminábamos, terminabais, terminaban.
Conditional
yo: terminaría
The conditional of terminar is regular: terminaría, terminarías, terminaría, terminaríamos, terminaríais, terminarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: termine
The present subjunctive of terminar uses -e endings: termine, termines, termine, terminemos, terminéis, terminen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: terminara
The imperfect subjunctive of terminar is regular: terminara, terminaras, terminara, termináramos, terminarais, terminaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: termina
The imperative of terminar provides direct commands: termina (tú), terminad (vosotros), and termine/n (formal).
Negative Imperative
yo: no termines
The negative imperative of terminar uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms: no termines, no termine, etc.