colgar Present Subjunctive Conjugation
colgar — to hang
The present subjunctive features both the o>ue stem change and the g>gu spelling change (cuelgue).
colgar Present Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Present Subjunctive
Use this when you want someone else to hang something up, or when you aren't sure if someone will hang up the phone.
Notes on colgar in the Present Subjunctive
This tense combines the present tense stem change (o>ue) with the preterite's spelling change (g>gu) across all forms to maintain the hard 'g' sound.
Example Sentences
Espero que ella cuelgue la ropa ahora.
I hope she hangs up the clothes now.
él/ella/usted
No quiero que tú cuelgues el teléfono todavía.
I don't want you to hang up the phone yet.
tú
Es importante que colguemos el cuadro derecho.
It's important that we hang the picture straight.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: que yo cuelge
Correct: que yo cuelgue
Why: Just like the preterite 'yo' form, you need the 'u' to keep the 'g' from sounding like a 'j' sound before the 'e'.
Mistake: que nosotros cuelguemos
Correct: que nosotros colguemos
Why: The nosotros form loses the 'ue' stem change, but keeps the 'u' for the hard 'g' sound.
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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.
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.
Negative Imperative
yo: no cuelgues
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive: no cuelgues, no cuelgue, no colguemos.