Notificar Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb notificar means to notify, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. 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. Like every Spanish verb, notificar changes its ending for each person and tense, and this page gives you the complete picture: every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle, all from the verified conjugation tables. For example, in the present tense you say notifico al cliente por correo, and in the preterite you say notifiqué la decisión a los empleados. Work through the tables below, read the notes for each tense, and then test yourself with the examples, the common mistakes and the quiz at the end of the page.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: notificar
  • English: to notify
  • Verb type: irregular verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: notificando
  • Past participle: notificado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + notificado)

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for notificar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Spelling change: c becomes qu before e, so the preterite is notifiqué and the subjunctive is notifique.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for notificar. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem. For reflexive verbs, the pronoun column shows the reflexive pronoun that goes before each form.

Present indicative

Person Form
yo notifico
tú notificas
él/ella/Ud. notifica
nosotros/as notificamos
vosotros/as notificáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. notifican

Preterite

Person Form
yo notifiqué
tú notificaste
él/ella/Ud. notificó
nosotros/as notificamos
vosotros/as notificasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. notificaron

Imperfect

Person Form
yo notificaba
tú notificabas
él/ella/Ud. notificaba
nosotros/as notificábamos
vosotros/as notificabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. notificaban

Future

Person Form
yo notificaré
tú notificarás
él/ella/Ud. notificará
nosotros/as notificaremos
vosotros/as notificaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. notificarán

Conditional

Person Form
yo notificaría
tú notificarías
él/ella/Ud. notificaría
nosotros/as notificaríamos
vosotros/as notificaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. notificarían

Present perfect

Person Form
yo he notificado
tú has notificado
él/ella/Ud. ha notificado
nosotros/as hemos notificado
vosotros/as habéis notificado
ellos/ellas/Uds. han notificado

Pluperfect

Person Form
yo había notificado
tú habías notificado
él/ella/Ud. había notificado
nosotros/as habíamos notificado
vosotros/as habíais notificado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habían notificado

Future perfect

Person Form
yo habré notificado
tú habrás notificado
él/ella/Ud. habrá notificado
nosotros/as habremos notificado
vosotros/as habréis notificado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrán notificado

Conditional perfect

Person Form
yo habría notificado
tú habrías notificado
él/ella/Ud. habría notificado
nosotros/as habríamos notificado
vosotros/as habríais notificado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrían notificado

Present subjunctive

Person Form
yo notifique
tú notifiques
él/ella/Ud. notifique
nosotros/as notifiquemos
vosotros/as notifiquéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. notifiquen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Form
yo notificara
tú notificaras
él/ella/Ud. notificara
nosotros/as notificáramos
vosotros/as notificarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. notificaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Form
tú notifica
él/ella/Ud. notifique
nosotros/as notifiquemos
vosotros/as notificad
ellos/ellas/Uds. notifiquen

Imperative (negative)

Person Form
tú notifiques
él/ella/Ud. notifique
nosotros/as notifiquemos
vosotros/as notifiquéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. notifiquen

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund notificando with estar for the progressive: estoy notificando
Past participle notificado with haber for the perfect tenses: he notificado

How to use each tense

Present indicative

Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. Note the spelling change here: c becomes qu before e, so the forms keep the same sound as the infinitive. For notificar, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Notifico al cliente por correo. Learn the present forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Preterite

Use the preterite for finished actions with a clear end, often with ayer, el año pasado or anoche. Note the spelling change in the first person: c becomes qu before e, so the preterite first person is notifiqué. For notificar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, notifiqué a los vecinos de la obra. Learn the preterite forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperfect

Use the imperfect for background, habits and actions in progress in the past, often with de niño, antes or mientras. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For notificar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, notificaba la decisión a los empleados. Learn the imperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Future

Use the future for plans, predictions and promises, often with mañana, el año que viene or pronto. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For notificar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, notificaré el cambio de hora a todos. Learn the future forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Conditional

Use the conditional for polite requests, hypotheticals and what would happen, often with si clauses. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For notificar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Notificaría al cliente por correo si pudiera. Learn the conditional forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Present perfect

Use the present perfect for recent actions and experiences, often with hoy, esta semana or ya. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For notificar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, he notificado a los vecinos de la obra. Learn the present perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Pluperfect

Use the pluperfect when one past action happened before another past action. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For notificar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Había notificado la decisión a los empleados antes de salir. Learn the pluperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Future perfect

Use the future perfect for something that will already be finished by a future time. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For notificar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, habré notificado el cambio de hora a todos. Learn the future perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Conditional perfect

Use the conditional perfect for what would have happened under different conditions. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For notificar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Habría notificado al cliente por correo con más tiempo. Learn the conditional perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Present subjunctive

Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. Note the spelling change here: c becomes qu before e, so the forms keep the same sound as the infinitive. For notificar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él notifique a los vecinos de la obra. Learn the present subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past, and note the -ra forms shown here; the -se forms use the same stem. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For notificar, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él notificara la decisión a los empleados, todo cambiaría. Learn the imperfect subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperative (affirmative)

Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. Note the spelling change here: c becomes qu before e, so the forms keep the same sound as the infinitive. For notificar, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: ¡Notifica el cambio de hora a todos! Learn the affirmative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperative (negative)

Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. Note the spelling change here: c becomes qu before e, so the forms keep the same sound as the infinitive. For notificar, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No notifiques al cliente por correo. Learn the negative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Example sentences

Ten natural sentences with notificar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Notifico al cliente por correo. — I notify the customer by email.
  2. Notifica a los vecinos de la obra. — He/she notifies the neighbours about the building work.
  3. Ayer, 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.
  5. Mañana, tú notificarás al cliente por correo. — Tomorrow, you will notify the customer by email.
  6. Yo notificaría a los vecinos de la obra si tuviera más tiempo. — I would notify the neighbours about the building work if I had more time.
  7. Él ha notificado la decisión a los empleados. — He has notified the decision to the employees.
  8. Espero que él notifique el cambio de hora a todos. — I hope he notifies the change of time to everyone.
  9. Yo ya había notificado al cliente por correo antes de salir. — I had already notified the customer by email before leaving.
  10. Ellos notificaban a los vecinos de la obra cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to notify the neighbours about the building work when they were young.

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. Choose the right form, then 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: Ayer, él ___ a los vecinos de la obra. (preterite) A. notifiqué B. notificaste C. notificaron D. notificó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ la decisión a los empleados. (imperfect) A. notificabas B. notificaban C. notificábamos D. notificaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ el cambio de hora a todos. (future) A. notificaremos B. notificarás C. notificaré D. notificará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ al cliente por correo si pudiera. (conditional) A. notificaría B. notificarías C. notificarían D. notifico

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ a los vecinos de la obra. (present subjunctive) A. notifiques B. notifiquemos C. notifico D. notifique

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ la decisión a los empleados, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. notificáramos B. notifico C. notificara D. notificaras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ el cambio de hora a todos. (present perfect) A. han notificado B. hemos notificado C. he notificado D. has notificado

  9. Complete the command: ¡___ al cliente por correo! (affirmative imperative, tú) A. notifica B. notifique C. notifiquemos D. notificad

  10. Which is the gerund of notificar, used with estar for the progressive? A. notificado B. notifico C. notifiqué D. notificando

Answer key

  1. notifico — The first-person present of notificar is notifico. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. notificó — The third-person preterite of notificar is notificó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. notificábamos — The nosotros imperfect of notificar is notificábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. notificarás — The second-person future of notificar is notificarás.
  5. notificaría — The first-person conditional of notificar is notificaría, the form for what would happen.
  6. notifique — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of notificar is notifique.
  7. notificara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of notificar is notificara.
  8. hemos notificado — The nosotros present perfect of notificar is hemos notificado: hemos + notificado.
  9. notifica — The affirmative tú imperative of notificar is notifica.
  10. notificando — The gerund of notificar is notificando: estoy notificando. The participle notificado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does notificar mean in English?

Notificar means to notify. It is used in everyday situations such as Notifico al cliente por correo. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is notificar regular or irregular?

Notificar is a fully regular -ar verb, so every tense follows the standard endings for its class. Once you know the regular pattern, you can produce every form on this page, including notifico in the present and notifiqué in the preterite.

What is the difference between notificar and informar?

Notificar means to notify, while informar means to inform, the formal partner. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use notificar when you mean to notify, as in Notifico al cliente por correo, and use informar for to inform, the formal partner. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I notify” in the past?

It depends on the kind of 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 present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the notificar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.

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