cabalgar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
cabalgar — to ride a horse
The imperative uses 'cabalga' (tú) and spelling-changed forms for others: cabalgue (usted), cabalguen (ustedes).
cabalgar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give direct commands or instructions to someone riding a horse.
Notes on cabalgar in the Affirmative Imperative
The forms for 'usted', 'nosotros', and 'ustedes' require the 'gu' spelling change to maintain the hard 'g' sound.
Example Sentences
¡Cabalga más rápido!
Ride faster!
tú
Cabalgue con cuidado, señor.
Ride carefully, sir.
Cabalgad hacia el norte.
Ride toward the north.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'cabalga' for a formal 'usted' command.
Correct: cabalgue
Why: 'Cabalga' is only for the informal 'tú' affirmative command; 'usted' uses the subjunctive form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: cabalgo
Cabalgar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present tense: cabalgo, cabalgas, cabalga, cabalgamos, cabalgáis, cabalgan.
Preterite
yo: cabalgué
Cabalgar is regular except for the 'yo' form (cabalgué), which adds a 'u' to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: cabalgaba
The imperfect of cabalgar is regular: cabalgaba, cabalgabas, cabalgaba, cabalgábamos, cabalgabais, cabalgaban.
Future
yo: cabalgaré
The future tense of cabalgar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: cabalgaría
The conditional of cabalgar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: cabalgue
Cabalgar requires a spelling change from 'g' to 'gu' in all forms: cabalgue, cabalgues, cabalgue, cabalguemos, cabalguéis, cabalguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: cabalgara
The imperfect subjunctive of cabalgar is regular, based on the third-person plural preterite: cabalgara, cabalgaras, cabalgara...
Negative Imperative
yo: no cabalgues
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no cabalgues, no cabalgue, no cabalguemos, no cabalguéis, no cabalguen.