arriesgar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
arriesgar — to risk
Use arriesga (tú) or arriesguen (ustedes) to tell someone to take a chance.
arriesgar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use these forms when giving a direct order or strong advice to someone to take a risk.
Notes on arriesgar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'usted', 'ustedes', and 'nosotros' forms require the 'gu' spelling change.
Example Sentences
¡Arriesga un poco más en el juego!
Risk a little more in the game!
tú
Arriesgue usted su capital si confía en la idea.
Risk your capital if you trust the idea.
Arriesguemos todo hoy.
Let's risk everything today.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: arriesge (usted)
Correct: arriesgue
Why: Formal commands use subjunctive endings, which require the 'gu' to keep the 'g' hard.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: arriesgo
Arriesgar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present tense.
Preterite
yo: arriesgué
The preterite of arriesgar features a spelling change in the first person (yo arriesgué) to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: arriesgaba
The imperfect of arriesgar is regular: arriesgaba, arriesgabas, arriesgaba...
Future
yo: arriesgaré
The future tense of arriesgar is regular: arriesgaré, arriesgarás, arriesgará, etc.
Conditional
yo: arriesgaría
The conditional of arriesgar is regular: arriesgaría, arriesgarías, arriesgaría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: arriesgue
The present subjunctive of arriesgar uses 'gu' in all forms: arriesgue, arriesgues, arriesgue...
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: arriesgara
The imperfect subjunctive of arriesgar is regular: arriesgara, arriesgaras, arriesgara...
Negative Imperative
yo: no arriesgues
Negative commands always use 'gu': no arriesgues, no arriesgue, no arriesguen.