encontrar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
encontrar — to find
The imperative of encontrar uses the stem-changed 'encuentra' for tú and 'encuentre' for usted.
encontrar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to find something, like 'Find the keys!'
Notes on encontrar in the Affirmative Imperative
The tú form (encuentra) and the usted/ustedes forms (encuentre/n) use the o-to-ue stem change.
Example Sentences
Encuentra tus zapatos y vámonos.
Find your shoes and let's go.
tú
Encuentre un asiento, por favor.
Find a seat, please.
usted
Encontremos una solución juntos.
Let's find a solution together.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: encontra
Correct: encuentra
Why: Forgetting the stem change in the informal command.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: encuentro
Encontrar undergoes an o-to-ue stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: encontré
Encontrar is completely regular in the preterite; the o-to-ue stem change does not happen here.
Imperfect
yo: encontraba
Encontrar is regular in the imperfect: encontraba, encontrabas, encontraba, encontrábamos, encontrabais, encontraban.
Future
yo: encontraré
The future of encontrar is regular: attach -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
Conditional
yo: encontraría
The conditional of encontrar is regular: encontraría, encontrarías, encontraría, encontraríamos, encontraríais, encontrarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: encuentre
The present subjunctive of encontrar follows the o-to-ue stem change except for nosotros and vosotros.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: encontrara
The imperfect subjunctive of encontrar is regular: encontrara, encontraras, encontrara, encontráramos, encontrarais, encontraran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no encuentres
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no encuentres, no encuentre, no encontremos.