sacrificar

to sacrifice-ar verb
Where it breaks the pattern
  • c → qu before e, preserving the /k/ sound

Indicativo: sacrificar conjugation

PresentePretéritoImperfectoFuturoCondicional
yosacrificosacrifiquésacrificabasacrificarésacrificaría
sacrificassacrificastesacrificabassacrificarássacrificarías
él / ella / Ud.sacrificasacrificósacrificabasacrificarásacrificaría
nosotrossacrificamossacrificamossacrificábamossacrificaremossacrificaríamos
vosotrossacrificáissacrificasteissacrificabaissacrificaréissacrificaríais
ellos / Uds.sacrificansacrificaronsacrificabansacrificaránsacrificarían

Participio: sacrificado · Gerundio: sacrificando

irregular formdotted = spelling change only

In use

Real sentences with the conjugated form highlighted, from Tatoeba, licensed under CC BY 2.0 FR.

  • El soldado se sacrificó para salvar la vida de su amigo.

    The soldier sacrificed himself to save his friend's life.

  • Sacrificaron una cabra en honor a los dioses.

    They killed a goat as a sacrifice to the gods.

  • Tom sacrificó su torre para evitar el jaque mate.

    Tom sacrificed his rook to avoid mate.