criticar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
criticar — to criticize
The affirmative imperative of criticar is: critica (tú), critique (usted), critiquemos (nosotros), criticad (vosotros), critiquen (ustedes).
criticar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to criticize or review something, like a teacher asking a student to evaluate a text.
Notes on criticar in the Affirmative Imperative
Formal commands (usted/ustedes) and 'nosotros' use the 'qu' spelling change.
Example Sentences
Critica el texto con cuidado.
Criticize (Review) the text carefully.
tú
Critique usted el plan de acción.
Criticize (Review) the action plan, sir/madam.
usted
Critiquen los errores que encuentren.
Criticize the errors you find.
ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'critica' for the formal 'usted' command.
Correct: The correct formal command is 'critique'.
Why: Formal commands use the subjunctive forms, which require the 'qu' spelling change for this verb.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: critico
The present tense of criticar is regular: critico, criticas, critica, criticamos, criticáis, critican.
Preterite
yo: critiqué
The preterite of criticar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (critiqué) to keep the hard 'c' sound.
Imperfect
yo: criticaba
The imperfect of criticar is regular: criticaba, criticabas, criticaba, criticábamos, criticabais, criticaban.
Future
yo: criticaré
The future of criticar is regular: criticaré, criticarás, criticará, criticaremos, criticaréis, criticarán.
Conditional
yo: criticaría
The conditional of criticar is regular: criticaría, criticarías, criticaría, criticaríamos, criticaríais, criticarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: critique
The present subjunctive of criticar uses the 'qu' spelling change: critique, critiques, critique, critiquemos, critiquéis, critiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: criticara
The imperfect subjunctive of criticar is: criticara, criticaras, criticara, criticáramos, criticarais, criticaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no critiques
The negative imperative of criticar uses subjunctive forms: no critiques, no critique, no critiquemos, no critiquéis, no critiquen.