colgar Negative Imperative Conjugation
colgar — to hang
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive: no cuelgues, no cuelgue, no colguemos.
colgar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to hang something or NOT to hang up the phone.
Notes on colgar in the Negative Imperative
Since these are based on the present subjunctive, they include both the o>ue stem change and the g>gu spelling change.
Example Sentences
¡No cuelgues el teléfono!
Don't hang up the phone!
tú
No cuelguen nada en esa pared húmeda.
Don't hang anything on that damp wall.
No colguemos el cuadro todavía, la pintura está fresca.
Let's not hang the painting yet; the paint is fresh.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: no cuelgas
Correct: no cuelgues
Why: Negative commands must use subjunctive endings, not indicative endings.
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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...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: cuelga
Use 'cuelga' for friends and 'cuelgue' for formal situations.