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In: Level B2, Verbs Tenses & Conjugation, El Presente de Subjuntivo, Verbos con cambio ortográfico c>z (presente subjuntivo)

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In El Presente, many verbs that end in -cer/-cir preceded by a consonant have a stem change in just the yo form: -c- changes to -z-. However, in El Presente de Subjuntivo, these verbs have this same irregularity in all forms.

Have a look at these two verbs conjugations in El Presente de Subjuntivo:

The endings are the same as for all regular -er and -ir verbs in El Presente de Subjuntivo.

Here are some examples:

Note that there aren't many common verbs with this irregularity. Other -cer and -cir verbs have a different consonant change.

See also Conjugate c>zc verbs -cer/-cir in El presente de Subjuntivo (present subjunctive).

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should it be cabezoto instead of cabezota in the first sentence?

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InmaKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hola Emanuel

cabezota is an adjective that uses -a for both masculine and feminine.

Ella es cabezota./Él es cabezota.

Other adjectives ending in -ta with the same rule are:

idealista, hipócrita, idiota, patriota...

Saludos

Inma

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should it be cabezoto instead of cabezota in the first sentence?

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