trazar Present Subjunctive Conjugation
trazar — to draw
Trazar undergoes a spelling change from 'z' to 'c' before 'e': trace, traces, trace, tracemos, tracéis, tracen.
trazar Present Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Present Subjunctive
Use the present subjunctive when expressing desires, doubts, or suggestions about drawing a plan or tracing a line, such as 'I want you to draw a map.'
Notes on trazar in the Present Subjunctive
This tense features a mandatory orthographic change: the 'z' in the stem changes to 'c' to maintain the soft 's' sound before the letter 'e'.
Example Sentences
Espero que traces una línea recta.
I hope you draw a straight line.
tú
Dudo que ellos tracen el mapa hoy.
I doubt they will trace the map today.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Es importante que tracemos un plan de acción.
It is important that we outline an action plan.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Writing 'trazes' with a 'z'.
Correct: traces
Why: In Spanish, 'z' rarely appears before 'e' or 'i'; it must change to 'c' to keep the same sound.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: trazo
Trazar is completely regular in the present tense: trazo, trazas, traza, trazamos, trazáis, trazan.
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.
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.