dañar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
dañar — to damage
The affirmative imperative of dañar uses: daña (tú), dañe (usted), dañad (vosotros), dañen (ustedes).
dañar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give instructions or warnings, though it is often used with 'no' (negative) because people rarely command someone to cause damage.
Notes on dañar in the Affirmative Imperative
Dañar is regular. The 'tú' form matches the present 'él/ella' form, and 'vosotros' simply replaces the 'r' with 'd'.
Example Sentences
Daña ese papel para que nadie pueda leerlo.
Damage (shred) that paper so no one can read it.
tú
Dañen la estructura vieja para poder construir la nueva.
Damage (break down) the old structure to build the new one.
ustedes
Dañad los documentos antes de salir.
Damage the documents before leaving.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'dañar' instead of 'dañad' for vosotros.
Correct: dañad
Why: In formal Spanish, the imperative for vosotros ends in -d, not -r.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: daño
Dañar is a regular -ar verb in the present: daño, dañas, daña, dañamos, dañáis, dañan.
Preterite
yo: dañé
The preterite of dañar is regular: dañé, dañaste, dañó, dañamos, dañasteis, dañaron.
Imperfect
yo: dañaba
Dañar in the imperfect follows the regular -aba pattern: dañaba, dañabas, dañaba, dañábamos, dañabais, dañaban.
Future
yo: dañaré
The future of dañar uses the infinitive as the stem: dañaré, dañarás, dañará, dañaremos, dañaréis, dañarán.
Conditional
yo: dañaría
The conditional of dañar adds -ía endings to the infinitive: dañaría, dañarías, dañaría, dañaríamos, dañaríais, dañarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: dañe
The present subjunctive of dañar uses -e endings: dañe, dañes, dañe, dañemos, dañéis, dañen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: dañara
The imperfect subjunctive of dañar is built from the 'ellos' preterite: dañara, dañaras, dañara, dañáramos, dañarais, dañaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no dañes
The negative imperative of dañar uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive: no dañes, no dañe, no dañemos, no dañéis, no dañen.