encerrar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
encerrar — to lock up
Use 'encierra' for tú and 'encierre' for usted to give direct orders to lock something up.
encerrar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give commands, like telling someone to lock the door or put an animal in its cage.
Notes on encerrar in the Affirmative Imperative
The tú, usted, and ustedes forms all use the ie stem change.
Example Sentences
¡Encierra al gato ahora mismo!
Lock the cat up right now!
tú
Encierre la puerta con llave, por favor.
Lock the door with the key, please.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: encerra (for tú)
Correct: encierra
Why: The informal singular command (tú) requires the e-to-ie stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: encierro
Encerrar is a stem-changing verb (e to ie) in the present tense, except for nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: encerré
Encerrar is completely regular in the preterite; it does NOT have a stem change here.
Imperfect
yo: encerraba
Encerrar is regular in the imperfect: encerraba, encerrabas, encerraba, encerrábamos, encerrabais, encerraban.
Future
yo: encerraré
The future of encerrar is regular: just add the endings (é, ás, á, emos, éis, án) to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: encerraría
The conditional of encerrar is regular: encerraría, encerrarías, encerraría, encerraríamos, encerraríais, encerrarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: encierre
The present subjunctive follows the e-to-ie stem change of the present indicative for all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: encerrara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the third-person plural preterite: encerrara, encerraras, encerrara...
Negative Imperative
yo: no encierres
Negative commands use 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms: no encierres, no encierre.