cobrar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
cobrar — to charge (a price)
Cobrar's imperative forms give direct commands: cobra (tú), cobre (usted), cobremos (nosotros), cobren (ustedes), cobrad (vosotros).
cobrar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to give direct orders or instructions. For 'cobrar', this means telling someone to charge something, like a price or a fee.
Notes on cobrar in the Affirmative Imperative
Cobrar is regular in the affirmative imperative. The vosotros form, 'cobrad', follows the standard -ar verb pattern.
Example Sentences
¡Cobra la tarifa de entrada!
Charge the entrance fee!
tú
Cobre por el servicio, por favor.
Charge for the service, please.
usted
¡Cobremos por hora!
Let's charge by the hour!
nosotros
¡Cobren lo acordado!
Charge what was agreed upon!
ustedes
¡Cobrad la comisión!
Charge the commission!
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the subjunctive instead of the imperative for tú: 'No cobra' instead of 'Cobra'.
Correct: The affirmative tú command is 'Cobra'. The negative tú command is 'no cobres'.
Why: Learners often confuse affirmative and negative commands, or mix up indicative and imperative forms.
Mistake: Forgetting the 'd' in the vosotros form: 'cobra' instead of 'cobrad'.
Correct: The correct vosotros affirmative imperative is 'cobrad'.
Why: This is a common oversight for -ar verbs in the vosotros imperative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: cobro
The present tense of cobrar (cobro, cobras, cobra, etc.) describes habitual actions, current actions, or general truths.
Preterite
yo: cobré
The preterite of cobrar (cobré, cobraste, cobró, etc.) is used for completed actions in the past, like charging a specific amount at a specific time.
Imperfect
yo: cobraba
The imperfect tense of cobrar (cobraba, cobrabas, etc.) describes ongoing or habitual past actions, or sets the background scene.
Future
yo: cobraré
The future tense of cobrar (cobraré, cobrarás, cobrará, etc.) indicates actions that will happen or expresses probability.
Conditional
yo: cobraría
The conditional tense of cobrar (cobraría, cobrarías, etc.) expresses 'would' actions, polite requests, or future-in-the-past.
Present Subjunctive
yo: cobre
The present subjunctive of cobrar (cobre, cobres, cobre, cobremos, cobréis, cobren) is used after expressions of doubt, desire, emotion, or uncertainty.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: cobrara
The imperfect subjunctive of cobrar (e.g., cobrara, cobrara, cobráramos) is used for past hypotheticals, wishes, or polite requests.
Negative Imperative
yo: no cobres
Negative commands for 'cobrar' use the present subjunctive: no cobres (tú), no cobre (usted), no cobremos (nosotros), no cobren (ustedes), no cobréis (vosotros).