dedicar Negative Imperative Conjugation
dedicar — to dedicate
The negative imperative of dedicar uses the present subjunctive forms: no dediques, no dedique, no dediquemos, no dediquéis, no dediquen.
dedicar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to spend their time or resources on something specific.
Notes on dedicar in the Negative Imperative
All forms use 'qu' instead of 'c' to maintain the 'k' sound (e.g., no dediques).
Example Sentences
No le dediques tiempo a personas negativas.
Don't dedicate time to negative people.
tú
No dedique tanto dinero a la publicidad.
Don't dedicate so much money to advertising.
usted
No dediquemos la reunión a quejas.
Let's not dedicate the meeting to complaints.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no dedica' instead of 'no dediques'.
Correct: no dediques
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive form, not the indicative form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: dedico
The present tense of dedicar is regular: dedico, dedicas, dedica, dedicamos, dedicáis, dedican.
Preterite
yo: dediqué
The preterite of dedicar has a spelling change only in the first person (yo): dediqué, dedicaste, dedicó, dedicamos, dedicasteis, dedicaron.
Imperfect
yo: dedicaba
The imperfect of dedicar is regular: dedicaba, dedicabas, dedicaba, dedicábamos, dedicabais, dedicaban.
Future
yo: dedicaré
The future tense of dedicar is regular: dedicaré, dedicarás, dedicará, dedicaremos, dedicaréis, dedicarán.
Conditional
yo: dedicaría
The conditional of dedicar is regular: dedicaría, dedicarías, dedicaría, dedicaríamos, dedicaríais, dedicarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: dedique
The present subjunctive of dedicar requires a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu': dedique, dediques, dedique, dediquemos, dediquéis, dediquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: dedicara
The imperfect subjunctive of dedicar is formed from the third-person plural preterite: dedicara, dedicaras, dedicara, dedicáramos, dedicarais, dedicaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: dedica
The imperative of dedicar uses the 'c' to 'qu' spelling change for formal and plural commands: dedica, dedique, dediquemos, dedicad, dediquen.