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    Fortalecer conjugation in Spanish

    to strengthen

    irregular gerund fortaleciendopast participle fortalecido

    Here is the full fortalecer conjugation in Spanish, with audio for every form. How it changes: a regular -er verb, with the same endings as comer in every tense.

    Fortalecer conjugation chart

    Fortalecer present tense

    presente · I speak

    yoI strengthen
    túyou strengthen
    vosyou strengthen
    él, ella, ustedhe/she strengthens
    nosotroswe strengthen
    vosotrosyou all strengthen
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey strengthen

    Irregular only in the yo form, fortalezco; the rest has the same endings as comer.

    Fortalecer preterite

    pretérito · I spoke

    yoI strengthened
    túyou strengthened
    vosyou strengthened
    él, ella, ustedhe/she strengthened
    nosotroswe strengthened
    vosotrosyou all strengthened
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey strengthened

    Regular: same endings as comer.

    Fortalecer imperfect

    pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak

    yoI used to strengthen
    túyou used to strengthen
    vosyou used to strengthen
    él, ella, ustedhe/she used to strengthen
    nosotroswe used to strengthen
    vosotrosyou all used to strengthen
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey used to strengthen

    Regular: same endings as comer.

    Fortalecer future

    futuro · I will speak

    yoI will strengthen
    túyou will strengthen
    vosyou will strengthen
    él, ella, ustedhe/she will strengthen
    nosotroswe will strengthen
    vosotrosyou all will strengthen
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey will strengthen

    Regular: same endings as comer.

    Fortalecer conditional

    condicional · I would speak

    yoI would strengthen
    túyou would strengthen
    vosyou would strengthen
    él, ella, ustedhe/she would strengthen
    nosotroswe would strengthen
    vosotrosyou all would strengthen
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey would strengthen

    Regular: same endings as comer.

    Fortalecer present subjunctive

    presente de subjuntivo · that I speak

    yothat I strengthen
    túthat you strengthen
    vosthat you strengthen
    él, ella, ustedthat he/she strengthen
    nosotrosthat we strengthen
    vosotrosthat you all strengthen
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthat they strengthen

    Irregular stem fortalezc- (from the yo form fortalezco) + -a, -as, -amos, -áis, -an.

    Fortalecer imperfect subjunctive

    imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke

    yoif I strengthened
    túif you strengthened
    vosif you strengthened
    él, ella, ustedif he/she strengthened
    nosotrosif we strengthened
    vosotrosif you all strengthened
    ellos, ellas, ustedesif they strengthened

    Regular: same endings as comer.

    In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (fortaleciese), more common in writing.

    Fortalecer affirmative commands

    imperativo · speak!

    tústrengthen!
    vosstrengthen!
    ustedstrengthen!
    nosotroslet's strengthen!
    vosotrosstrengthen!
    ustedesstrengthen!

    The tú form is the él form of the present: fortalece. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (fortalezca, fortalezcamos, fortalezcan).

    Fortalecer negative commands

    imperativo negativo · don't speak!

    túdon't strengthen!
    vosdon't strengthen!
    usteddon't strengthen!
    nosotroslet's not strengthen!
    vosotrosdon't strengthen!
    ustedesdon't strengthen!

    Built from the present subjunctive: no + fortalezcas, fortalezca…

    Always the verb haber + the past participle fortalecido, which never changes.

    Fortalecer present perfect

    pretérito perfecto · I have spoken

    yohe fortalecido
    túhas fortalecido
    voshas fortalecido
    él, ella, ustedha fortalecido
    nosotroshemos fortalecido
    vosotroshabéis fortalecido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshan fortalecido

    Fortalecer pluperfect

    pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken

    yohabía fortalecido
    túhabías fortalecido
    voshabías fortalecido
    él, ella, ustedhabía fortalecido
    nosotroshabíamos fortalecido
    vosotroshabíais fortalecido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabían fortalecido

    Fortalecer future perfect

    futuro perfecto · I will have spoken

    yohabré fortalecido
    túhabrás fortalecido
    voshabrás fortalecido
    él, ella, ustedhabrá fortalecido
    nosotroshabremos fortalecido
    vosotroshabréis fortalecido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabrán fortalecido

    Fortalecer conditional perfect

    condicional perfecto · I would have spoken

    yohabría fortalecido
    túhabrías fortalecido
    voshabrías fortalecido
    él, ella, ustedhabría fortalecido
    nosotroshabríamos fortalecido
    vosotroshabríais fortalecido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabrían fortalecido

    Fortalecer present perfect subjunctive

    pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken

    yohaya fortalecido
    túhayas fortalecido
    voshayas fortalecido
    él, ella, ustedhaya fortalecido
    nosotroshayamos fortalecido
    vosotroshayáis fortalecido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshayan fortalecido

    In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.

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