contrastar Negative Imperative Conjugation
contrastar — to contrast
Negative commands for 'contrastar' use the present subjunctive: no contrastes, no contraste, no contrastemos, no contrastéis, no contrasten.
contrastar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use the negative imperative to tell someone *not* to do something. For tú, it's 'no contrastes'; for usted/ustedes/él/ella, it's 'no contraste'/'no contrasten'; for nosotros, 'no contrastemos'; and for vosotros, 'no contrastéis'.
Notes on contrastar in the Negative Imperative
Contrastar follows the regular -ar verb pattern for the negative imperative, which is formed using the present subjunctive.
Example Sentences
No contrastes la información con la fuente original.
Don't contrast the information with the original source.
tú
No contraste los hechos con las opiniones.
Do not contrast the facts with the opinions.
usted
No contrastemos estas dos opciones todavía.
Let's not contrast these two options yet.
nosotros
No contrastéis los resultados sin el contexto.
Don't contrast the results without the context.
vosotros
No contrasten la teoría con la práctica en este punto.
Do not contrast the theory with the practice at this point.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the infinitive: 'No contrastare...'
Correct: No contrastes las ideas.
Why: Negative commands require the subjunctive mood.
Mistake: Confusing tú and usted: 'No contraste...' when addressing tú.
Correct: No contrastes tu opinión con la mía.
Why: The tú negative command form is 'no contrastes', not 'no contraste'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: contrasto
The present tense of 'contrastar' is regular: contrasto, contrastas, contrasta, contrastamos, contrastáis, contrastan.
Preterite
yo: contrasté
The preterite of 'contrastar' is regular: contrasté, contrastaste, contrastó, contrastamos, contrastasteis, contrastaron.
Imperfect
yo: contrastaba
The imperfect of 'contrastar' is regular: contrastaba, contrastabas, contrastaba, contrastábamos, contrastabais, contrastaban.
Future
yo: contrastaré
The future tense of 'contrastar' is regular: contrastaré, contrastarás, contrastará, contrastaremos, contrastaréis, contrastarán.
Conditional
yo: contrastaría
The conditional of 'contrastar' is regular: contrastaría, contrastarías, contrastaría, contrastaríamos, contrastaríais, contrastarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: contraste
The present subjunctive of 'contrastar' is: contraste, contrastes, contraste, contrastemos, contrastéis, contrasten.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: contrastara
The imperfect subjunctive of 'contrastar' has -ra and -se forms, like contrastara/contrastase, contrastaras/contrastases, etc.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: contrasta
Imperative commands for 'contrastar' are: contrasta, no contrastes, contraste, no contraste, contrastemos, no contrastemos, contrastad, no contrastéis, contrasten, no contrasten.