cegar Negative Imperative Conjugation
cegar — to blind
The negative imperative uses present subjunctive forms: no ciegues, no ciegue.
cegar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone not to let themselves be blinded by something like anger, greed, or bright lights.
Notes on cegar in the Negative Imperative
Uses the 'gu' spelling change to keep the hard 'g' and the 'e-ie' stem change (except for nosotros/vosotros).
Example Sentences
No te ciegues por la ira.
Don't be blinded by anger.
tú
No ciegue a los conductores con las largas.
Don't blind drivers with your high beams.
usted
No nos ceguemos ante la evidencia.
Let's not be blind to the evidence.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: no cieges
Correct: no ciegues
Why: The 'u' is required to prevent the 'g' from sounding like a 'j'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: ciego
Cegar is a stem-changing verb (e-ie) in the present tense (ciego, ciegas...).
Preterite
yo: cegué
Cegar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form (cegué) to maintain the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: cegaba
The imperfect of cegar is regular: cegaba, cegabas, cegaba...
Future
yo: cegaré
The future tense of cegar is completely regular: cegaré, cegarás, cegará...
Conditional
yo: cegaría
The conditional of cegar is regular: cegaría, cegarías, cegaría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: ciegue
Cegar undergoes an e-ie stem change and a g-gu spelling change in the present subjunctive.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: cegara
The imperfect subjunctive of cegar is regular in its stem (cegar-).
Affirmative Imperative
yo: ciega
The imperative of cegar uses 'ciega' (tú) and 'ciegue' (usted).