encerrar Negative Imperative Conjugation
encerrar — to lock up
Negative commands use 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms: no encierres, no encierre.
encerrar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to lock something or someone up.
Notes on encerrar in the Negative Imperative
Follows the present subjunctive rules: stem change (ie) for everyone except nosotros and vosotros.
Example Sentences
No me encierres en el sótano.
Don't lock me in the basement.
tú
No encierren a los animales.
Don't lock up the animals.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: no encierra
Correct: no encierres
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive ending (-es), not the indicative ending (-a).
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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...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: encierra
Use 'encierra' for tú and 'encierre' for usted to give direct orders to lock something up.