despedir Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
despedir — to fire
The imperative uses 'despide' for tú and 'despida' for formal commands.
despedir Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give a direct order to fire someone or to tell someone to say goodbye.
Notes on despedir in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form matches the present indicative third-person (despide). The 'usted' and 'ustedes' forms use the subjunctive stem (despida/n).
Example Sentences
¡Despide a ese empleado ahora mismo!
Fire that employee right now!
tú
Despídase de su familia.
Say goodbye to your family (formal).
usted
Despidamos a los invitados en la puerta.
Let's say goodbye to the guests at the door.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'despida' for a friend (tú).
Correct: Use despide for tú.
Why: Despida is the formal (usted) command.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: despido
Despedir is a stem-changing verb (e > i) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: despedí
Despedir has a stem change (e > i) only in the third-person forms: despidió and despidieron.
Imperfect
yo: despedía
Despedir is regular in the imperfect: despedía, despedías, despedía, despedíamos, despedíais, despedían.
Future
yo: despediré
Despedir is completely regular in the future tense, using the full infinitive as the base.
Conditional
yo: despediría
The conditional of despedir is regular and formed by adding endings to the infinitive: despediría.
Present Subjunctive
yo: despida
The present subjunctive of despedir stem-changes e > i in ALL forms, including nosotros.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: despidiera
Based on the third-person preterite, the imperfect subjunctive uses the 'i' stem: despidiera.
Negative Imperative
yo: no despidas
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no despidas, no despida.