calentar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
calentar — to heat up
The commands use the 'ie' stem change except for vosotros: calienta (tú), caliente (usted), calentad (vosotros).
calentar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to heat something up or to tell athletes to warm up.
Notes on calentar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is 'calienta' (like the present 'él' form). The 'usted/ustedes' forms use the subjunctive stem change.
Example Sentences
¡Calienta el horno a 200 grados!
Heat the oven to 200 degrees!
tú
Calienten un poco antes de empezar.
Warm up a bit before starting.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Calenta la sopa.
Correct: Calienta la sopa.
Why: The informal 'tú' command requires the 'ie' stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: caliento
Calentar has a stem change (e to ie) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros: caliento, calientas, calienta, calientan.
Preterite
yo: calenté
Calentar is completely regular in the preterite: calenté, calentaste, calentó, calentamos, calentasteis, calentaron.
Imperfect
yo: calentaba
Calentar is regular in the imperfect, using the standard -aba endings: calentaba, calentabas, calentaba...
Future
yo: calentaré
The future of calentar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
Conditional
yo: calentaría
The conditional of calentar is regular: calentar +ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: caliente
The present subjunctive follows the 'ie' stem change: caliente, calientes, caliente, calentemos, calentéis, calienten.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: calentara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite: calentara, calentaras, calentara, calentáramos...
Negative Imperative
yo: no calientes
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no calientes, no caliente, no calentemos...