buscar Negative Imperative Conjugation
buscar — to look for
The negative imperative always uses the 'qu' spelling: no busques, no busque, no busquemos, no busquéis, no busquen.
buscar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to look for something (e.g., 'Don't look for trouble').
Notes on buscar in the Negative Imperative
All negative commands for buscar use the present subjunctive forms, meaning they all feature the 'qu' spelling change.
Example Sentences
No busques más, ya lo encontré.
Don't look anymore, I already found it.
tú
No busquen excusas por favor.
Don't look for excuses please.
No busquemos problemas innecesarios.
Let's not look for unnecessary problems.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: no buscas
Correct: no busques
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive, not the indicative 'tu' form.
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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.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: busca
The imperative of buscar uses 'busca' (tú) and 'busque' (usted).