colgar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
colgar — to hang
Use 'cuelga' for friends and 'cuelgue' for formal situations.
colgar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give direct orders, like telling someone to hang up their coat or hang a picture on the wall.
Notes on colgar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form uses the present indicative 'él' form (cuelga). Formal forms and 'nosotros' use the subjunctive stems (cuelgue, colguemos).
Example Sentences
¡Cuelga tu chaqueta en el perchero!
Hang your jacket on the coat rack!
tú
Cuelgue usted el cuadro aquí, por favor.
Hang the painting here, please (formal).
Colguemos las decoraciones antes de que lleguen.
Let's hang the decorations before they arrive.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: colga (tú)
Correct: cuelga
Why: The informal 'tú' command requires the o>ue stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: cuelgo
Colgar is an o>ue stem-changer (cuelgo, cuelgas) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: colgué
Colgar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (colgué) to keep the hard 'g' sound, but is otherwise regular.
Imperfect
yo: colgaba
The imperfect of colgar is regular: colgaba, colgabas, colgaba, colgábamos, colgabais, colgaban.
Future
yo: colgaré
The future tense of colgar is completely regular: colgaré, colgarás, colgará, etc.
Conditional
yo: colgaría
The conditional is regular: colgaría, colgarías, colgaría, colgaríamos, colgaríais, colgarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: cuelgue
The present subjunctive features both the o>ue stem change and the g>gu spelling change (cuelgue).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: colgara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite stem: colgara, colgaras, colgara...
Negative Imperative
yo: no cuelgues
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive: no cuelgues, no cuelgue, no colguemos.