atraer Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
atraer — attract
The imperative uses 'atrae' for tú and 'atraiga' for formal commands.
atraer Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use commands with atraer when giving instructions on how to draw interest or physically pull objects (like in a science experiment).
Notes on atraer in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is regular (atrae), but the 'usted' and 'nosotros' forms use the 'g' from the subjunctive stem (atraiga).
Example Sentences
Atrae su atención con este juguete.
Attract its attention with this toy.
tú
Atraigamos a nuevos clientes con una oferta.
Let's attract new customers with an offer.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: atrae (for usted)
Correct: atraiga
Why: Usted commands must use the subjunctive-based form, not the indicative-based form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: atraigo
Atraer is irregular in the first person: yo atraigo, followed by regular -er endings for the rest.
Preterite
yo: atraje
Atraer uses the 'j' stem in the preterite: atraje, atrajiste, atrajo, atrajimos, atrajisteis, atrajeron.
Imperfect
yo: atraía
Atraer is regular in the imperfect but requires an accent on the 'i': atraía, atraías, atraía...
Future
yo: atraeré
Atraer is regular in the future: atraeré, atraerás, atraerá...
Conditional
yo: atraería
Atraer is regular in the conditional: atraería, atraerías, atraería...
Present Subjunctive
yo: atraiga
The present subjunctive uses the 'atraig-' stem: atraiga, atraigas, atraiga...
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: atrajera
Based on the 'atraj-' stem: atrajera, atrajeras, atrajera...
Negative Imperative
yo: no atraigas
Negative commands always use the 'atraig-' stem: no atraigas, no atraiga...