complacer Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
complacer — to please
The imperative uses 'complace' for tú and 'complazca' for formal commands.
complacer Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to please or satisfy someone, though it's often used in formal expressions like 'Complázcame en esto' (Do me this favor).
Notes on complacer in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is regular (complace), but the 'usted' and 'ustedes' forms use the 'zc' from the subjunctive.
Example Sentences
Complace a tu abuela y visítala.
Please your grandmother and visit her.
tú
Complazca a su cliente siempre.
Please your client always.
usted
Complazcamos a los invitados con música.
Let's please the guests with music.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'complaca' for the formal command.
Correct: complazca
Why: Formal commands follow the present subjunctive spelling rules.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: complazco
The present tense is mostly regular, except for the 'yo' form: complazco.
Preterite
yo: complací
The preterite of complacer is regular: complací, complaciste, complació, complacimos, complacisteis, complacieron.
Imperfect
yo: complacía
The imperfect of complacer is regular: complacía, complacías, complacía, complacíamos, complacíais, complacían.
Future
yo: complaceré
The future tense is regular: complaceré, complacerás, complacerá, complaceremos, complaceréis, complacerán.
Conditional
yo: complacería
The conditional of complacer is regular: complacería, complacerías, complacería, complaceríamos, complaceríais, complacerían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: complazca
The present subjunctive of complacer uses the 'z' in the stem: complazca, complazcas, complazca, complazcamos, complazcáis, complazcan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: complaciera
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite stem: complaciera, complacieras, complaciera, complaciéramos, complacierais, complacieran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no complazcas
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive: no complazcas, no complazca, no complazcamos, no complazcáis, no complazcan.