convocar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
convocar — to call
The imperative uses 'convoca' (tú) and 'convoque' (usted) to give direct orders to convene or call.
convocar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this when you need to tell someone to organize a meeting or call people together immediately.
Notes on convocar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'usted', 'ustedes', and 'nosotros' forms require the 'c' to 'qu' spelling change (convoque, convoquen, convoquemos).
Example Sentences
¡Convoca a los alumnos ahora!
Call the students together now!
tú
Convoque usted la sesión, por favor.
Call the session, please.
usted
Convocad a los socios para el viernes.
Call the partners for Friday.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: convoce (usted)
Correct: convoque
Why: The formal command and 'nosotros' forms must use 'qu' to keep the hard 'k' sound.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: convoco
Convocar is completely regular in the present indicative: convoco, convocas, convoca, convocamos, convocáis, convocan.
Preterite
yo: convoqué
Convocar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'convoqué' to keep the hard 'k' sound.
Imperfect
yo: convocaba
The imperfect of convocar follows the standard -aba pattern: convocaba, convocabas, convocaba, convocábamos, convocabais, convocaban.
Future
yo: convocaré
The future tense uses the full infinitive as the base: convocaré, convocarás, convocará, convocaremos, convocaréis, convocarán.
Conditional
yo: convocaría
The conditional uses the infinitive plus -ía endings: convocaría, convocarías, convocaría, convocaríamos, convocaríais, convocarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: convoque
Convocar has a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: convoque, convoques, convoque, convoquemos, convoquéis, convoquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: convocara
The imperfect subjunctive is formed from the 'ellos' preterite: convocara, convocaras, convocara, convocáramos, convocarais, convocaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no convoques
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no convoques, no convoque, no convoquemos, no convoquéis, no convoquen.