desvestir Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
desvestir — to undress
Give commands to undress: desviste (tú), desvista (usted), desvistan (ustedes).
desvestir Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give direct orders, like a doctor telling a patient to undress or a parent telling a child to get ready for a bath.
Notes on desvestir in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form (desviste) follows the present indicative stem change. The 'usted' and 'ustedes' forms use the subjunctive 'i' stem.
Example Sentences
Desviste al niño, por favor.
Undress the child, please.
tú
Desvista al paciente para el examen.
Undress the patient for the exam.
usted
Desvistan los maniquíes antes de salir.
Undress the mannequins before leaving.
ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'desvestid' for the tú command.
Correct: desviste
Why: Desvestid is the vosotros (plural) command. The tú command is desviste.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: desvisto
Desvestir changes the 'e' to 'i' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros: desvisto, desvistes, desviste, desvisten.
Preterite
yo: desvestí
In the preterite, desvestir is irregular only in the third person (él/ellos), where the 'e' changes to 'i'.
Imperfect
yo: desvestía
Desvestir is completely regular in the imperfect: desvestía, desvestías, desvestía, desvestíamos, desvestíais, desvestían.
Future
yo: desvestiré
The future of desvestir is regular: just add -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: desvestiría
The conditional of desvestir is regular: desvestiría, desvestirías, desvestiría, etc.
Present Subjunctive
yo: desvista
The present subjunctive uses the 'i' stem change in ALL forms: desvista, desvistas, desvista, desvistamos, desvistáis, desvistan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: desvistiera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'desvisti-' stem from the third-person preterite: desvistiera, desvistieras, desvistiera...
Negative Imperative
yo: no desvistas
Negative commands use 'no' + present subjunctive: no desvistas, no desvista, no desvistamos, no desvistan.