conferir Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
conferir — to grant
The imperative uses 'confiere' (tú) and 'confiera' (usted) to command the granting of something.
conferir Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to tell someone to grant a power, usually in formal, legal, or poetic contexts.
Notes on conferir in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form uses the stem change (confiere), while the formal and plural forms match the present subjunctive.
Example Sentences
Confiere el honor a quien lo merece.
Grant the honor to the one who deserves it.
tú
Confiera el permiso de inmediato, por favor.
Grant the permission immediately, please.
usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: confira (tú)
Correct: confiere
Why: The affirmative tú command usually looks like the present indicative él/ella form (confiere).
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: confiero
The present tense of conferir has a stem change (e to ie) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: conferí
The preterite of conferir is a 'slipper' verb: the stem changes e to i only in the third-person forms.
Imperfect
yo: confería
The imperfect of conferir is completely regular: confería, conferías, confería, conferíamos, conferíais, conferían.
Future
yo: conferiré
The future tense of conferir is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: conferiría
The conditional of conferir is regular: add the endings -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: confiera
The present subjunctive of conferir uses a stem change: e to ie in most forms, and e to i in nosotros/vosotros.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: confiriera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'confirier-' stem for all forms (e.g., confiriera, confirieras).
Negative Imperative
yo: no confieras
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms (e.g., no confieras, no confiera).