dañar Negative Imperative Conjugation
dañar — to damage
The negative imperative of dañar uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive: no dañes, no dañe, no dañemos, no dañéis, no dañen.
dañar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
This is the most common way to use dañar as a command—telling someone 'Don't damage/ruin this!'
Notes on dañar in the Negative Imperative
It is regular and follows the same pattern as the present subjunctive.
Example Sentences
No dañes el medio ambiente.
Don't damage the environment.
tú
Por favor, no dañe la pintura de la pared.
Please, don't damage the paint on the wall.
usted
No dañéis vuestra reputación con mentiras.
Don't ruin your reputation with lies.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no daña' for the negative tú command.
Correct: no dañes
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive form, not the indicative.
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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.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: daña
The affirmative imperative of dañar uses: daña (tú), dañe (usted), dañad (vosotros), dañen (ustedes).