cocer Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
cocer — to boil
The imperative uses 'cuece' for tú and 'cueza/n' for formal commands.
cocer Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to give direct instructions while cooking, like 'Boil the water now!'
Notes on cocer in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form uses the stem change (cuece). The formal forms (usted/ustedes) use the subjunctive 'z' spelling (cueza).
Example Sentences
¡Cuece la pasta ahora!
Boil the pasta now!
tú
Cueza usted las papas por veinte minutos.
Boil the potatoes for twenty minutes.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: coce
Correct: cuece
Why: The informal 'tú' command requires the o-ue stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: cuezo
Cocer is a stem-changing verb (o to ue) with a spelling change in the 'yo' form (z instead of c).
Preterite
yo: cocí
Cocer is regular in the preterite: cocí, cociste, coció, cocimos, cocisteis, cocieron.
Imperfect
yo: cocía
The imperfect of cocer is regular: cocía, cocías, cocía, cocíamos, cocíais, cocían.
Future
yo: coceré
The future of cocer is regular: coceré, cocerás, cocerá, coceremos, coceréis, cocerán.
Conditional
yo: cocería
The conditional of cocer is regular: cocería, cocerías, cocería, coceríamos, coceríais, cocerían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: cueza
The present subjunctive follows the 'yo' form change: cueza, cuezas, cueza, cozamos, cozáis, cuezan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: cociera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the preterite stem: cociera, cocieras, cociera, cociéramos, cocierais, cocieran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no cuezas
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no cuezas, no cueza, no cozamos, no cozáis, no cuezan.