colocar Negative Imperative Conjugation
colocar — to place
The negative imperative of colocar uses 'qu' throughout: no coloques, no coloque, no coloquemos, no coloquéis, no coloquen.
colocar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone where NOT to put something.
Notes on colocar in the Negative Imperative
All forms are identical to the present subjunctive. They all require the 'qu' spelling change to keep the hard 'k' sound before the 'e'.
Example Sentences
No coloques los vasos tan cerca del borde.
Don't place the glasses so close to the edge.
tú
No coloque nada pesado sobre la caja.
Don't place anything heavy on the box.
No coloquemos los muebles todavía.
Let's not place the furniture yet.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: no colocas
Correct: no coloques
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive, not the indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: coloco
The present tense of colocar is completely regular: coloco, colocas, coloca, colocamos, colocáis, colocan.
Preterite
yo: coloqué
The preterite of colocar features a spelling change in the first person: coloqué, colocaste, colocó, colocamos, colocasteis, colocaron.
Imperfect
yo: colocaba
The imperfect of colocar is regular: colocaba, colocabas, colocaba, colocábamos, colocabais, colocaban.
Future
yo: colocaré
The future tense of colocar is regular: colocaré, colocarás, colocará, colocaremos, colocaréis, colocarán.
Conditional
yo: colocaría
The conditional of colocar is regular: colocaría, colocarías, colocaría, colocaríamos, colocaríais, colocarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: coloque
The present subjunctive of colocar uses 'qu' in all forms: coloque, coloques, coloque, coloquemos, coloquéis, coloquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: colocara
The imperfect subjunctive of colocar is regular: colocara, colocaras, colocara, colocáramos, colocarais, colocaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: coloca
The imperative of colocar gives commands: coloca (tú), coloque (usted), coloquemos (nosotros), colocad (vosotros), coloquen (ustedes).