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atracar Negative Imperative Conjugation

atracar — to rob

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Quick answer:

Negative commands always use the spelling change: no atraques, no atraque, no atraquemos, no atraquéis, no atraquen.

atracar Negative Imperative Forms

túno atraques
ustedno atraque
nosotrosno atraquemos
vosotrosno atraquéis
ustedesno atraquen

When to Use the Negative Imperative

Use this to tell someone NOT to rob or NOT to dock.

Notes on atracar in the Negative Imperative

All forms use 'qu' because they are identical to the present subjunctive.

Example Sentences

  • ¡No me atraques, por favor!

    Don't mug me, please!

    tú

  • No atraquemos el barco aquí; es peligroso.

    Let's not dock the boat here; it's dangerous.

    nosotros

Common Mistakes

  • Mistake: no atraca

    Correct: no atraques

    Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive forms, not the indicative 'tú' form.

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Related Tenses

Present

yo: atraco

Atracar is completely regular in the present indicative: atraco, atracas, atraca, atracamos, atracáis, atracan.

Preterite

yo: atraqué

Atracar has a spelling change ONLY in the 'yo' form: atraqué, atracaste, atracó, atracamos, atracasteis, atracaron.

Imperfect

yo: atracaba

Atracar is regular in the imperfect: atracaba, atracabas, atracaba, atracábamos, atracabais, atracaban.

Future

yo: atracaré

Atracar is regular in the future: just add endings to the infinitive (atracaré, atracarás, etc.).

Conditional

yo: atracaría

Atracar is regular in the conditional: atracaría, atracarías, atracaría, atracaríamos, atracaríais, atracarían.

Present Subjunctive

yo: atraque

Atacar has a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: atraque, atraques, atraque, atraquemos, atraquéis, atraquen.

Imperfect Subjunctive

yo: atracara

The imperfect subjunctive of atracar is regular based on the third-person preterite: atracara, atracaras, atracara, atracáramos, atracarais, atracaran.

Affirmative Imperative

yo: atraca

Commands use 'atraca' (tú) and 'atraque' (usted/ustedes) with spelling changes in the formal forms.