These are the only irregular verbs in the future and conditional tenses. Only 12 of them (plus compounds). It’s worth learning them by heart.
Future
| Verb (infinitive) | 1st person singular | meaning |
| caber | cabré | I will fit in |
| decir | diré | I will say, I will tell |
| haber | habré | (future of hay) there will be. Future of (haber to form perfect tenses) yo habré estudiado, I will have studied. |
| hacer | haré | I will do, I will make |
| poder | podré | I will be able to |
| poner (ponerse) | pondré (me pondré) | I will put, plus all the reflexive meanings, I will become, I will put on, etc. |
| querer | querré | I will want |
| saber | sabré | I will know |
| salir | saldré | I will get out, I will exit, I will go out |
| tener | tendré | I will have |
| valer | valdré | I will be worth |
| venir | vendré | I will come |
You could use their first letters to remember them: C D HH PP Q SS T VV
Let’s take an example: tener
| tendré | tendremos |
| tendrás | tendráis |
| tendrá | tendrán |
Example of a compund verb of tener:
mantener = mantendré (I will maintain)
Conditional
| Verb (infinitive) | 1st person singular | meaning |
| caber | cabría | I would fit in |
| decir | diría | I would say, I would tell |
| haber | habría | (future of hay) there would be. Future of (haber to form perfect tenses) yo habré estudiado, I would have studied. |
| hacer | haría | I would do, I would make |
| poder | podría | I could, I would be able to |
| poner (ponerse) | pondría (me pondría) | I would put, plus all the reflexive meanings, I would become, I would put on, etc. |
| querer | querría | I would want |
| saber | sabría | I would know |
| salir | saldría | I would get out, I would exit, I would go out |
| tener | tendría | I would have |
| valer | valdría | I would be worth |
| venir | vendría | I would come |
| tendría | tendríamos |
| tendrías | tendríais |
| tendría | tendrían |
mantener = mantendría
Originally posted on 20110414. Latest update 20210602 (spanishNY.com) top


