Notificar Examples, Sentences and Quiz in Spanish

notificar means to notify, and it is a verb you will meet in everyday Spanish again and again. Notificar means to notify, and it is used for notifying a customer by email, notifying neighbours about building work and notifying employees of a decision. It is a formal synonym of avisar, and it is a spelling-change verb: the c becomes qu before e. This page puts notificar to work: twelve example sentences in different tenses and persons, grouped by use, then two short dialogues where the verb appears naturally, then the common mistakes to avoid, and finally a ten-question quiz with explained answers. Every Spanish form on this page comes from the verified conjugation tables for notificar, and the full tables are on the notificar conjugation page if you need to check a form.

Example sentences

Everyday uses

  1. Yo notifico al cliente por correo. — I notify the customer by email.
  2. Él notifica a los vecinos de la obra. — He/she notifies the neighbours about the building work.
  3. Ayer, yo notifiqué la decisión a los empleados. — Yesterday, I notified the decision to the employees.
  4. Antes, nosotros notificábamos el cambio de hora a todos. — Before, we used to notify the change of time to everyone.

In other tenses

  1. Mañana, tú notificarás al cliente por correo. — Tomorrow, you will notify the customer by email.
  2. Yo notificaría a los vecinos de la obra. — I would notify the neighbours about the building work.
  3. Él ha notificado la decisión a los empleados. — He/she has notified the decision to the employees.
  4. Espero que él notifique el cambio de hora a todos. — I hope he/she notifies the change of time to everyone.

With other people

  1. Nosotros notificamos al cliente por correo. — We notify the customer by email.
  2. Vosotros notificáis a los vecinos de la obra. — You all notify the neighbours about the building work.
  3. Antes, ellos notificaban la decisión a los empleados. — Before, they used to notify the decision to the employees.
  4. Mañana, él notificará el cambio de hora a todos. — Tomorrow, he/she will notify the change of time to everyone.

Notificar in context

Two short dialogues that use notificar the way people really use it. Read them aloud — the verb forms will stick much faster in a conversation than in a table.

Dialogue 1: today and yesterday

  • Ana: "Hola, ¿qué tal?" — "Hello, how are you?"
  • Luis: "Hoy notifico al cliente por correo." — "Today I notify the customer by email."
  • Ana: "¿Y ayer?" — "And yesterday?"
  • Luis: "Ayer, notifiqué la decisión a los empleados." — "Yesterday I notified the decision to the employees."
  • Ana: "¿Y mañana, tú notificarás a los vecinos de la obra?" — "And tomorrow, will you will notify the neighbours about the building work?"
  • Luis: "Sí, claro. Y tú también." — "Yes, of course. And you too."

Dialogue 2: making plans

  • Marta: "Mañana, nosotros notificamos el cambio de hora a todos." — "Tomorrow we notify the change of time to everyone."
  • Carlos: "Perfecto. Yo notificaría a los vecinos de la obra si tuviera más tiempo." — "Perfect. I would would notify the neighbours about the building work if I had more time."
  • Marta: "Espero que él notifique al cliente por correo." — "I hope he notifies the customer by email."
  • Carlos: "Seguro que sí. Él ya ha notificado la decisión a los empleados." — "Surely. He has already has notified the decision to the employees."
  • Marta: "Vale, nos vemos mañana." — "OK, see you tomorrow."

Notice how the same verb changes with the tense: the present for the plan, the conditional for the wish, the subjunctive after espero que, and the present perfect for what has already happened. That is the whole point of learning a verb across its tenses, not just in one form.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo notifica al cliente por correo. — Right: Yo notifico al cliente por correo. — The person matters: notifica is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is notifico. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
  2. Wrong: Yo notificé a los vecinos de la obra. — Right: Yo notifiqué a los vecinos de la obra. — In the preterite, the correct first-person form is notifiqué, not notificé. notificar is a spelling-change verb: c becomes qu before e, so the written form changes to keep the same sound. The regular-looking form is wrong.
  3. Wrong: Treating notificar and informar as identical in every context. — Right: Notificar means to notify, while informar means to inform, the formal partner. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: notificar fits sentences such as Notifico al cliente por correo, while informar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy notificado a los vecinos de la obra. — Right: Yo he notificado a los vecinos de la obra. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he notificado, has notificado, ha notificado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo notifiqué la decisión a los empleados todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo notificaba la decisión a los empleados todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (notificaba), not the preterite. The preterite (notifiqué) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on notificar: four on the forms, three on the meaning, and three on spotting the correct sentence. Check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ al cliente por correo. (present tense) A. notifico B. notificas C. notifica D. notificamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Él ___ a los vecinos de la obra. (preterite tense) A. notifiqué B. notificaste C. notificamos D. notificó

  3. Complete the sentence: Tú ___ la decisión a los empleados. (future tense) A. notificará B. notificaremos C. notificarás D. notificaré

  4. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ el cambio de hora a todos. (imperfect tense) A. notificabais B. notificábamos C. notificaba D. notificabas

  5. What does "Yo notifico al cliente por correo." mean in English? A. I notify the customer by email. B. I notify the neighbours about the building work. C. I notify the decision to the employees. D. I notify the change of time to everyone.

  6. What does "Él notificó a los vecinos de la obra." mean in English? A. He/she notified the customer by email. B. He/she notified the decision to the employees. C. He/she notified the change of time to everyone. D. He/she notified the neighbours about the building work.

  7. What does "Nosotros notificaremos la decisión a los empleados." mean in English? A. We will notify the neighbours about the building work. B. We will notify the change of time to everyone. C. We will notify the decision to the employees. D. We will notify the customer by email.

  8. Which sentence is correct? A. Yo notifican a los vecinos de la obra. B. Yo notifica a los vecinos de la obra. C. Yo notifico a los vecinos de la obra.

  9. Which sentence is correct? A. Él notifiqué la decisión a los empleados. B. Él notificó la decisión a los empleados. C. Él notificaron la decisión a los empleados.

  10. Which sentence is correct? A. Espero que yo notifique el cambio de hora a todos. B. Yo notifice el cambio de hora a todos. C. Yo notifique el cambio de hora a todos.

Answer key

  1. notifico — The yo present form of notificar is notifico.
  2. notificó — The el preterite form of notificar is notificó.
  3. notificarás — The tu future form of notificar is notificarás.
  4. notificábamos — The nosotros imperfect form of notificar is notificábamos.
  5. I notify the customer by email. — The Spanish sentence uses the present form notifico, so the English is "I notify the customer by email." The other options use a different object or situation.
  6. He/she notified the neighbours about the building work. — The Spanish sentence uses the preterite form notificó, so the English is "He/she notified the neighbours about the building work." The other options use a different object or situation.
  7. We will notify the decision to the employees. — The Spanish sentence uses the future form notificaremos, so the English is "We will notify the decision to the employees." The other options use a different object or situation.
  8. Yo notifico a los vecinos de la obra. — The correct sentence is "Yo notifico a los vecinos de la obra." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  9. Él notificó la decisión a los empleados. — The correct sentence is "Él notificó la decisión a los empleados." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  10. Espero que yo notifique el cambio de hora a todos. — The correct sentence is "Espero que yo notifique el cambio de hora a todos." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.

Frequently asked questions

What does notificar mean, and when do I use it?

Notificar means to notify. Notificar means to notify, and it is used for notifying a customer by email, notifying neighbours about building work and notifying employees of a decision. It is a formal synonym of avisar, and it is a spelling-change verb: the c becomes qu before e. A good first sentence to remember is Yo notifico al cliente por correo. — "I notify the customer by email."

What is the difference between notificar and informar?

Notificar means to notify, while informar means to inform, the formal partner. They appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use notificar when you mean to notify, as in Yo notifico a los vecinos de la obra., and use informar for to inform, the formal partner.

How do I say "I notify" in the past?

For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo notifiqué a los vecinos de la obra.. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo notificaba la decisión a los empleados.. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he notificado a los vecinos de la obra..

How do I practise notificar?

Start with the notificar conjugation page for the full tables, then the notificar in the present tense page for the tense in focus, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure. Spelling change: c becomes qu before e, so the preterite is notifiqué and the subjunctive is notifique.

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