criticar Negative Imperative Conjugation
criticar — to criticize
The negative imperative of criticar uses subjunctive forms: no critiques, no critique, no critiquemos, no critiquéis, no critiquen.
criticar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to stop judging or being critical.
Notes on criticar in the Negative Imperative
All forms use the 'qu' spelling change because the endings start with 'e'.
Example Sentences
No critiques a tus compañeros.
Don't criticize your classmates.
tú
No critique mi trabajo, por favor.
Don't criticize my work, please.
usted
No critiquen sin tener pruebas.
Don't criticize without having proof.
ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no critica' for the negative tú command.
Correct: The correct form is 'no critiques'.
Why: Negative commands always use the subjunctive, not the indicative.
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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.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: critica
The affirmative imperative of criticar is: critica (tú), critique (usted), critiquemos (nosotros), criticad (vosotros), critiquen (ustedes).