arrepentirse Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
arrepentirse — to regret
The imperative uses the 'ie' stem change for commands (except 'arrepentíos').
arrepentirse Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to tell someone to repent or reflect on their actions, though it is often used in religious or very dramatic contexts.
Notes on arrepentirse in the Affirmative Imperative
The tú form is 'arrepiéntete'. Note that for 'vosotros', the 'd' is dropped to add 'os', resulting in 'arrepentíos'.
Example Sentences
¡Arrepiéntete de tus pecados!
Repent for your sins!
tú
Arrepiéntase usted antes de que sea tarde.
Repent before it is late.
usted
Arrepintámonos de haber sido tan crueles.
Let's repent for having been so cruel.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Arrepientete (without accent).
Correct: Arrepiéntete.
Why: When you attach pronouns to the end of an affirmative command, you usually need an accent to maintain the original stress.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: me arrepiento
Arrepentirse is a stem-changing (e > ie) verb in the present tense, except for the nosotros and vosotros forms.
Preterite
yo: me arrepentí
Arrepentirse has a stem change (e > i) only in the third-person forms (él/ellos) in the preterite.
Imperfect
yo: me arrepentía
Arrepentirse is completely regular in the imperfect tense: arrepentía, arrepentías, arrepentía...
Future
yo: me arrepentiré
The future tense of arrepentirse is regular: attach the endings to the full infinitive.
Conditional
yo: me arrepentiría
The conditional of arrepentirse is regular: arrepentiría, arrepentirías, arrepentiría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: me arrepienta
The present subjunctive uses the 'ie' stem change, except for nosotros/vosotros which use 'i'.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: me arrepintiera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'i' stem change throughout: arrepintiera, arrepintieras...
Negative Imperative
yo: no te arrepientas
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no te arrepientas.