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trazar Present Conjugation

trazar — to draw

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Quick answer:

Trazar is completely regular in the present tense: trazo, trazas, traza, trazamos, trazáis, trazan.

trazar Present Forms

yotrazo
tútrazas
él/ella/ustedtraza
nosotrostrazamos
vosotrostrazáis
ellos/ellas/ustedestrazan

When to Use the Present

Use the present to talk about current habits, general facts, or things you are drawing/planning right now.

Notes on trazar in the Present

Trazar is a regular -ar verb in the present indicative. The 'z' remains throughout because it is followed by 'o' or 'a'.

Example Sentences

  • Yo trazo los planos de la casa.

    I draw the blueprints of the house.

    yo

  • ¿Trazas tú el camino en el mapa?

    Are you tracing the path on the map?

    tú

  • Ellos trazan una estrategia nueva.

    They are outlining a new strategy.

    ellos/ellas/ustedes

Common Mistakes

  • Mistake: Thinking the 'z' changes to 'c' in the present tense.

    Correct: trazo, trazas, etc.

    Why: Spelling changes usually occur before 'e' or 'i'. Since these endings are 'o', 'as', 'a', etc., the 'z' stays.

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Related Tenses

Preterite

yo: tracé

Trazar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form: tracé, trazaste, trazó, trazamos, trazasteis, trazaron.

Imperfect

yo: trazaba

Trazar is regular in the imperfect: trazaba, trazabas, trazaba, trazábamos, trazabais, trazaban.

Future

yo: trazaré

Trazar is regular in the future: trazaré, trazarás, trazará, trazaremos, trazaréis, trazarán.

Conditional

yo: trazaría

Trazar is regular in the conditional: trazaría, trazarías, trazaría, trazaríamos, trazaríais, trazarían.

Present Subjunctive

yo: trace

Trazar undergoes a spelling change from 'z' to 'c' before 'e': trace, traces, trace, tracemos, tracéis, tracen.

Imperfect Subjunctive

yo: trazara

The imperfect subjunctive of trazar is regular, based on the 'trazaron' stem: trazara, trazaras, trazara, trazáramos, trazarais, trazaran.

Affirmative Imperative

yo: traza

The imperative uses 'traza' (tú) and spelling-changed 'trace' (usted/ustedes).

Negative Imperative

yo: no traces

Negative commands always use the spelling-changed subjunctive forms: no traces, no trace, no tracemos, no tracéis, no tracen.