despertar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
despertar — to wake (someone) up
Give commands using despierta (tú), despierte (usted), or despertad (vosotros).
despertar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to tell someone directly to wake someone else up.
Notes on despertar in the Affirmative Imperative
The tú, usted, and ustedes forms use the e→ie stem change. The vosotros form is always regular.
Example Sentences
¡Despierta a tu hermano ahora mismo!
Wake your brother up right now!
tú
Despierte a la paciente con cuidado, por favor.
Wake the patient up carefully, please.
usted
Despertemos a los niños para ir a la playa.
Let's wake the kids up to go to the beach.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'desperta' for the tú command.
Correct: despierta
Why: The informal tú command usually matches the 3rd person singular present indicative, which has the stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: despierto
Despertar has an e→ie stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: desperté
Despertar is regular in the preterite: desperté, despertaste, despertó, despertamos, despertasteis, despertaron.
Imperfect
yo: despertaba
Despertar is regular in the imperfect: despertaba, despertabas, despertaba, despertábamos, despertabais, despertaban.
Future
yo: despertaré
The future of despertar is regular: despertaré, despertarás, despertará, despertaremos, despertaréis, despertarán.
Conditional
yo: despertaría
The conditional of despertar is regular: despertaría, despertarías, despertaría, despertaríamos, despertaríais, despertarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: despierte
The present subjunctive follows the e→ie stem change: despierte, despiertes, despierte, despertemos, despertéis, despierten.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: despertara
The imperfect subjunctive of despertar is regular: despertara, despertaras, despertara, despertáramos, despertarais, despertaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no despiertes
Negative commands use the present subjunctive: no despiertes (tú), no despierte (usted).