traficar Present Conjugation
traficar — to traffic
The present tense of traficar is completely regular: trafico, traficas, trafica, traficamos, traficáis, trafican.
traficar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use this for habitual actions or general facts about trafficking, like 'The cartels traffic goods across the border'.
Notes on traficar in the Present
Traficar is fully regular in the present indicative.
Example Sentences
Ellos trafican con productos falsificados.
They traffic in counterfeit products.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Él trafica con influencias para ganar contratos.
He trades in influence to win contracts.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros no traficamos con nada ilegal.
We do not traffic in anything illegal.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: trafiquo
Correct: trafico
Why: The spelling change to 'qu' is only needed before 'e'. Before 'o', the 'c' already makes the hard 'k' sound.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: trafiqué
The preterite of traficar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'trafiqué'.
Imperfect
yo: traficaba
The imperfect of traficar is regular: traficaba, traficabas, traficaba, traficábamos, traficabais, traficaban.
Future
yo: traficaré
The future tense of traficar is regular: traficaré, traficarás, traficará, traficaremos, traficaréis, traficarán.
Conditional
yo: traficaría
The conditional of traficar is regular: traficaría, traficarías, traficaría, traficaríamos, traficaríais, traficarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: trafique
The present subjunctive of traficar requires a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: trafique, trafiques, trafique, trafiquemos, trafiquéis, trafiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: traficara
The imperfect subjunctive of traficar is regular based on the third-person plural preterite: traficara, traficaras, traficara, traficáramos, traficarais, traficaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: trafica
The imperative of traficar uses the 'qu' spelling change for formal commands (trafique, trafiquen).
Negative Imperative
yo: no trafiques
The negative imperative of traficar always uses the 'qu' spelling change: no trafiques, no trafique, no trafiquemos, no trafiquéis, no trafiquen.