atraer Negative Imperative Conjugation
atraer — attract
Negative commands always use the 'atraig-' stem: no atraigas, no atraiga...
atraer Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone not to attract unwanted attention or negative energy.
Notes on atraer in the Negative Imperative
Like all negative imperatives, these are identical to the present subjunctive forms.
Example Sentences
No atraigas problemas innecesarios.
Don't attract unnecessary problems.
tú
No atraigan la atención de la policía.
Don't attract the police's attention.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: no atraes
Correct: no atraigas
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive, not the present indicative.
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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...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: atrae
The imperative uses 'atrae' for tú and 'atraiga' for formal commands.