buscar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
buscar — to look for
The imperative of buscar uses 'busca' (tú) and 'busque' (usted).
buscar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give orders or directions, like telling someone to 'Look for it!' or 'Search over there!'
Notes on buscar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is 'busca' (regular). The 'usted', 'nosotros', and 'ustedes' forms use 'qu' (busque, busquemos, busquen) because of the 'e' in the ending.
Example Sentences
¡Busca tus zapatos ahora!
Look for your shoes now!
tú
Busque la salida a la derecha.
Look for the exit on the right.
Busquemos un lugar para sentarnos.
Let's look for a place to sit.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: busce (usted)
Correct: busque
Why: Formal commands use subjunctive forms, which require the 'qu' spelling change for this verb.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: busco
The present tense of buscar is completely regular: busco, buscas, busca, buscamos, buscáis, buscan.
Preterite
yo: busqué
The preterite of buscar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (busqué) to keep the 'k' sound.
Imperfect
yo: buscaba
The imperfect of buscar is regular: buscaba, buscabas, buscaba, buscábamos, buscabais, buscaban.
Future
yo: buscaré
The future tense of buscar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: buscaría
The conditional of buscar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: busque
The present subjunctive of buscar uses the 'qu' spelling change: busque, busques, busque, busquemos, busquéis, busquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: buscara
The imperfect subjunctive of buscar is regular: buscara, buscaras, buscara, buscáramos, buscarais, buscaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no busques
The negative imperative always uses the 'qu' spelling: no busques, no busque, no busquemos, no busquéis, no busquen.