desplegar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
desplegar — to unfold
The imperative uses 'despliega' (tú) and 'despliegue' (usted) to give direct orders to unfold or deploy.
desplegar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to tell someone to unfold something right now, like a map, a chair, or a banner.
Notes on desplegar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form (despliega) and 'usted/ustedes' forms (despliegue/n) use the IE stem change. The 'usted/ustedes' and 'nosotros' forms also require the 'gu' spelling change.
Example Sentences
¡Despliega el mapa ahora mismo!
Unfold the map right now!
tú
Despliegue la lona para cubrir el coche.
Unfold the tarp to cover the car.
Despleguemos la pancarta al cruzar la meta.
Let's unfurl the banner when we cross the finish line.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'desplega' for the tú command.
Correct: despliega
Why: The informal affirmative command uses the same form as the third-person singular present indicative, which has the stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: despliego
Desplegar is a stem-changing verb in the present tense, where the 'e' changes to 'ie' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: desplegué
The preterite of desplegar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'desplegué' to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: desplegaba
Desplegar is completely regular in the imperfect: desplegaba, desplegabas, desplegaba, desplegábamos, desplegabais, desplegaban.
Future
yo: desplegaré
The future tense of desplegar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
Conditional
yo: desplegaría
The conditional of desplegar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: despliegue
The present subjunctive of desplegar features the E-to-IE stem change and a spelling change (g to gu) in all forms.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: desplegara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the third-person plural preterite: desplegara, desplegaras, desplegara...
Negative Imperative
yo: no despliegues
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no despliegues, no despliegue, no despleguemos...