acostar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
acostar — to put to bed
Use acuesta (tú), acueste (usted), and acostad (vosotros) to give orders to put someone to bed.
acostar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this for direct commands. Note that if you are telling someone to go to bed themselves, you would use the reflexive 'acuéstate'.
Notes on acostar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú', 'usted', and 'ustedes' forms use the O-to-UE stem change. 'Vosotros' is regular.
Example Sentences
Acuesta al niño, por favor.
Put the child to bed, please.
tú
Acueste al paciente en la camilla.
Lay the patient on the stretcher.
Acostad a los perros antes de salir.
Put the dogs to bed before going out.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'acosta' for the tú command.
Correct: acuesta
Why: The informal affirmative command uses the same form as the 3rd person singular present, which has the stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: acuesto
Acostar is an O-to-UE stem-changer in the present tense: acuesto, acuestas, acuesta, acostamos, acostáis, acuestan.
Preterite
yo: acosté
Acostar is regular in the preterite: acosté, acostaste, acostó, acostamos, acostasteis, acostaron.
Imperfect
yo: acostaba
Acostar is regular in the imperfect: acostaba, acostabas, acostaba, acostábamos, acostabais, acostaban.
Future
yo: acostaré
Acostar is regular in the future: acostaré, acostarás, acostará, acostaremos, acostaréis, acostarán.
Conditional
yo: acostaría
Acostar is regular in the conditional: acostaría, acostarías, acostaría, acostaríamos, acostaríais, acostarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: acueste
Acostar has an O-to-UE stem change in the subjunctive: acueste, acuestes, acueste, acostemos, acostéis, acuesten.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: acostara
The imperfect subjunctive of acostar is regular: acostara, acostaras, acostara, acostáramos, acostarais, acostaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no acuestes
Negative commands use the present subjunctive: no acuestes, no acueste, no acostemos, no acostéis, no acuesten.