cruzar Negative Imperative Conjugation
cruzar — to cross
Negative commands for cruzar always use the 'c' spelling: no cruces, no cruce, no crucemos, no crucéis, no crucen.
cruzar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to warn someone NOT to cross, usually for safety reasons.
Notes on cruzar in the Negative Imperative
All negative commands for cruzar are identical to the present subjunctive forms and use 'c' instead of 'z'.
Example Sentences
No cruces con el semáforo en rojo.
Don't cross with the red light.
tú
No crucen las vías del tren.
Don't cross the train tracks.
ustedes
No crucemos todavía, viene un coche.
Let's not cross yet, a car is coming.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no cruza' for a negative command.
Correct: no cruces
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive form, not the indicative 'tú' form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: cruzo
Cruzar is a regular -ar verb in the present: cruzo, cruzas, cruza, cruzamos, cruzáis, cruzan.
Preterite
yo: crucé
The preterite of cruzar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form: crucé, cruzaste, cruzó, cruzamos, cruzasteis, cruzaron.
Imperfect
yo: cruzaba
Cruzar is regular in the imperfect: cruzaba, cruzabas, cruzaba, cruzábamos, cruzabais, cruzaban.
Future
yo: cruzaré
Cruzar is regular in the future: cruzaré, cruzarás, cruzará, cruzaremos, cruzaréis, cruzarán.
Conditional
yo: cruzaría
Cruzar is regular in the conditional: cruzaría, cruzarías, cruzaría, cruzaríamos, cruzaríais, cruzarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: cruce
Cruzar has a spelling change (z to c) in all forms: cruce, cruces, cruce, crucemos, crucéis, crucen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: cruzara
Cruzar is regular in the imperfect subjunctive: cruzara, cruzaras, cruzara, cruzáramos, cruzarais, cruzaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: cruza
The imperative for cruzar uses 'cruza' (tú) and spelling-changed 'cruce' (usted).