ahogar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
ahogar — to drown
The imperative of ahogar uses 'ahoga' (tú) and 'ahogue' (usted).
ahogar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give direct orders, though with 'ahogar' it's often used metaphorically (e.g., 'drown your sorrows') or in cooking/gardening.
Notes on ahogar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'usted' and 'ustedes' forms require the spelling change (ahogue/ahoguen) to keep the hard 'g'.
Example Sentences
¡Ahoga tus penas en el trabajo!
Drown your sorrows in work!
tú
Ahogue la carne en la salsa.
Submerge (drown) the meat in the sauce.
usted
¡Ahogad el fuego con arena!
Smother (drown) the fire with sand!
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'ahoge' for the usted form.
Correct: ahogue
Why: Formal commands for -ar verbs use the same spelling changes as the subjunctive.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: ahogo
The present tense of ahogar is regular: ahogo, ahogas, ahoga, ahogamos, ahogáis, ahogan.
Preterite
yo: ahogué
The preterite of ahogar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form: ahogué.
Imperfect
yo: ahogaba
The imperfect of ahogar is regular: ahogaba, ahogabas, ahogaba, etc.
Future
yo: ahogaré
The future tense of ahogar is regular: ahogaré, ahogarás, ahogará, etc.
Conditional
yo: ahogaría
The conditional of ahogar is regular: ahogaría, ahogarías, ahogaría, etc.
Present Subjunctive
yo: ahogue
The present subjunctive of ahogar requires a spelling change to 'ahogue' to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: ahogara
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'ahogara' stem and is used for hypothetical past situations.
Negative Imperative
yo: no ahogues
The negative imperative always uses the spelling change: no ahogues, no ahogue.