tocar Future Conjugation
tocar — to touch
The future tense of tocar is regular, adding endings to the infinitive: tocaré, tocarás, tocará...
tocar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to talk about musical performances in the future or to predict whose turn it will be to do a task.
Notes on tocar in the Future
Tocar is regular in the future tense. Use the full infinitive 'tocar' as your stem.
Example Sentences
Tocaré en la banda el próximo año.
I will play in the band next year.
yo
Mañana nos tocará viajar a nosotros.
Tomorrow it will be our turn to travel.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent marks on the endings.
Correct: tocarás, tocará, tocarán
Why: Future tense endings for -ar verbs always require an accent except for the 'nosotros' form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: toco
Tocar is completely regular in the present tense: toco, tocas, toca, tocamos, tocáis, tocan.
Preterite
yo: toqué
The preterite of tocar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (toqué) to keep the hard 'c' sound.
Imperfect
yo: tocaba
The imperfect of tocar is regular: tocaba, tocabas, tocaba, tocábamos, tocabais, tocaban.
Conditional
yo: tocaría
The conditional of tocar is regular: tocaría, tocarías, tocaría, tocaríamos, tocaríais, tocarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: toque
The present subjunctive of tocar changes 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: toque, toques, toque, toquemos, toquéis, toquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: tocara
The imperfect subjunctive of tocar is built from the 'ellos' preterite: tocara, tocaras, tocara...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: toca
The imperative of tocar gives commands: toca (tú), toque (usted), tocad (vosotros).
Negative Imperative
yo: no toques
Negative commands for tocar always use the 'qu' spelling: no toques, no toque, no toquen.