derretir Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
derretir — to melt
The imperative uses 'derrite' (tú) and 'derritan' (ustedes) to give commands.
derretir Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative when giving instructions, like in a recipe ('Melt the butter').
Notes on derretir in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form uses the present indicative stem change (derrite), while all other forms match the present subjunctive (derrita, derritamos, derritan).
Example Sentences
Derrite el chocolate a fuego lento.
Melt the chocolate over low heat.
tú
Derrita usted la grasa primero.
Melt the fat first.
Derritan los cubos de hielo para obtener agua.
Melt the ice cubes to get water.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'derrete' for the tú command.
Correct: derrite
Why: The tú command follows the third-person singular of the present indicative, which is stem-changed.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: derrito
The present tense of derretir is a stem-changer (e to i) for all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: derretí
In the preterite, derretir only stem-changes (e to i) in the third-person forms (él/ellos).
Imperfect
yo: derretía
The imperfect of derretir is completely regular: derretía, derretías, derretía, derretíamos, derretíais, derretían.
Future
yo: derretiré
The future tense of derretir is regular: just add the endings to the infinitive (derretiré, derretirás...).
Conditional
yo: derretiría
The conditional of derretir is regular: derretiría, derretirías, derretiría, derretiríamos, derretiríais, derretirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: derrita
The present subjunctive of derretir stem-changes (e to i) in ALL forms, including nosotros and vosotros.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: derritiera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'derriti-' stem for all forms (derritiera, derritieras...).
Negative Imperative
yo: no derritas
The negative imperative of derretir uses the present subjunctive forms with 'no'.