endurecer Negative Imperative Conjugation
endurecer — to harden
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no endurezcas, no endurezca.
endurecer Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone not to make something harder or stricter.
Notes on endurecer in the Negative Imperative
All negative commands for endurecer feature the 'zc' spelling.
Example Sentences
No endurezcas más el pan en el horno.
Don't harden the bread any more in the oven.
tú
No endurezcamos las reglas innecesariamente.
Let's not toughen the rules unnecessarily.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: No endurece.
Correct: No endurezca.
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive, not the indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: endurezco
The present tense of endurecer is irregular in the 'yo' form: endurezco.
Preterite
yo: endurecí
The preterite of endurecer is regular: endurecí, endureciste, endureció, endurecimos, endurecisteis, endurecieron.
Imperfect
yo: endurecía
The imperfect of endurecer is regular: endurecía, endurecías, endurecía, endurecíamos, endurecíais, endurecían.
Future
yo: endureceré
The future of endurecer is regular: endureceré, endurecerás, endurecerá, endureceremos, endureceréis, endurecerán.
Conditional
yo: endurecería
The conditional of endurecer is regular: endurecería, endurecerías, endurecería, endureceríamos, endureceríais, endurecerían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: endurezca
The present subjunctive of endurecer uses the 'zc' stem: endurezca, endurezcas, endurezca, etc.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: endureciera
The imperfect subjunctive of endurecer is formed from the third-person plural preterite: endureciera.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: endurece
The imperative of endurecer uses 'endurece' (tú) and 'endurezca' (usted).