volcar Conditional Conjugation
volcar — to tip over
Volcar is regular in the conditional: volcaría, volcarías, volcaría...
volcar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use this to say something 'would' tip over under certain conditions or to wonder if it might happen.
Notes on volcar in the Conditional
This tense is fully regular for volcar.
Example Sentences
Esa estantería se volcaría con un terremoto.
That bookshelf would tip over in an earthquake.
él/ella/usted
¿Volcarías el cubo por un millón de euros?
Would you tip the bucket over for a million euros?
tú
Dijeron que volcarían los escombros aquí.
They said they would dump the debris here.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Trying to change the stem to 'vuelcaría'.
Correct: volcaría
Why: Like the future, the conditional uses the infinitive and never takes a stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: vuelco
Volcar is a stem-changing verb where the 'o' becomes 'ue' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: volqué
Volcar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (volqué) to keep the hard 'k' sound.
Imperfect
yo: volcaba
Volcar is completely regular in the imperfect: volcaba, volcabas, volcaba...
Future
yo: volcaré
Volcar is regular in the future; just add endings to the infinitive: volcaré, volcarás...
Present Subjunctive
yo: vuelque
Volcar combines the 'o > ue' stem change with the 'c > qu' spelling change in all forms.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: volcara
Volcar is regular in the imperfect subjunctive, based on the third-person preterite 'volcaron'.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: vuelca
Use 'vuelca' (tú) or 'vuelquen' (ustedes) to tell someone to tip or dump something.
Negative Imperative
yo: no vuelques
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no vuelques, no vuelque.