
tragar Future Conjugation
tragar — to swallow
The future of tragar is regular: tragaré, tragarás, tragará, tragaremos, tragaréis, tragarán.
tragar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to predict someone will swallow something or to express the probability that someone will believe a story.
Notes on tragar in the Future
Tragar is regular in the future. Just add the endings to the full infinitive.
Example Sentences
No te preocupes, el perro se tragará la medicina con la carne.
Don't worry, the dog will swallow the medicine with the meat.
él/ella/usted
¿Crees que ellos se tragarán ese cuento?
Do you think they will fall for (swallow) that story?
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Removing the 'ar' before adding endings (e.g., 'tragueré').
Correct: tragaré
Why: The future tense uses the entire infinitive as the stem.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: trago
The present tense of tragar is regular in all forms: trago, tragas, traga, tragamos, tragáis, tragan.
Preterite
yo: tragué
The preterite of tragar features a spelling change in the 'yo' form (tragué) to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: tragaba
The imperfect of tragar is fully regular: tragaba, tragabas, tragaba, tragábamos, tragabais, tragaban.
Conditional
yo: tragaría
The conditional of tragar is regular: tragaría, tragarías, tragaría, tragaríamos, tragaríais, tragarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: trague
The present subjunctive of tragar uses a 'gu' spelling in all forms: trague, tragues, trague, traguemos, traguéis, traguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: tragara
The imperfect subjunctive of tragar is regular based on the preterite stem: tragara, tragaras, tragara, tragáramos, tragarais, tragaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: traga
The imperative of tragar gives commands: traga (tú), tragad (vosotros), trague (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no tragues
The negative imperative of tragar uses the 'gu' spelling: no tragues, no trague, no traguemos, no traguéis, no traguen.