agregar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
agregar — to add
The imperative of agregar gives commands: agrega (tú), agregue (usted), agreguemos (nosotros), agregad (vosotros), agreguen (ustedes).
agregar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this when giving instructions, like in a recipe or telling someone to add a person to a group.
Notes on agregar in the Affirmative Imperative
The formal commands (usted/ustedes) and 'nosotros' require the 'gu' spelling change (agregue) to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Example Sentences
¡Agrega los huevos uno por uno!
Add the eggs one by one!
tú
Agregue su firma al final del documento.
Add your signature at the end of the document.
Agreguemos un poco más de hielo.
Let's add a bit more ice.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: agrege (usted form)
Correct: agregue
Why: Just like the subjunctive, the formal command needs the 'u' to keep the 'g' from sounding like a 'j'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: agrego
The present tense of agregar is fully regular: agrego, agregas, agrega, agregamos, agregáis, agregan.
Preterite
yo: agregué
The preterite of agregar is regular except for the 'yo' form (agregué) to preserve the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: agregaba
The imperfect of agregar is fully regular: agregaba, agregabas, agregaba, agregábamos, agregabais, agregaban.
Future
yo: agregaré
The future tense of agregar is regular: agregaré, agregarás, agregará, agregaremos, agregaréis, agregarán.
Conditional
yo: agregaría
The conditional of agregar is regular: agregaría, agregarías, agregaría, agregaríamos, agregaríais, agregarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: agregue
The present subjunctive of agregar requires a spelling change to keep the hard 'g' sound: agregue, agregues, agregue, agreguemos, agreguéis, agreguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: agregara
The imperfect subjunctive of agregar is regular, based on the third-person plural preterite: agregara, agregaras, agregara, agregáramos, agregarais, agregaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no agregues
Negative commands for agregar use the present subjunctive: no agregues, no agregue, no agreguemos, no agreguéis, no agreguen.