escurrir Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
escurrir — to drain
Use escurre (tú), escurra (usted), escurramos (nosotros), escurran (ustedes), escurrid (vosotros) for direct commands.
escurrir Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
The imperative is for giving direct orders or instructions. For 'escurrir', you'd use it to tell someone to drain something right now.
Notes on escurrir in the Affirmative Imperative
Escurrir is regular in the affirmative imperative. Note the tú form, 'escurre', is the same as the present indicative.
Example Sentences
¡Escurre la pasta, por favor!
Drain the pasta, please!
tú
Escurra el agua de las verduras.
Drain the water from the vegetables.
usted
¡Escurramos bien el arroz!
Let's drain the rice well!
nosotros
Escurrid las aceitunas antes de añadirlas.
Drain the olives before adding them.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the present subjunctive instead of the affirmative imperative for tú.
Correct: The command for tú is 'escurre', not 'escurras'.
Why: The tú affirmative imperative is unique and doesn't follow the subjunctive pattern like negative commands do.
Mistake: Forgetting the 'vosotros' form.
Correct: The correct form is 'escurrid'.
Why: The vosotros imperative ending for -ir verbs is '-id'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: escurro
The present tense (escurro, escurres, escurre, escurrimos, escurrís, escurren) describes current or habitual draining actions.
Preterite
yo: escurrí
The preterite of escurrir is regular: escurrí, escurriste, escurrió, escurrimos, escurristeis, escurrieron.
Imperfect
yo: escurría
The imperfect of escurrir (escurría, escurrías, escurría, escurríamos, escurríais, escurrían) describes ongoing or habitual past draining.
Future
yo: escurriré
The future tense (escurriré, escurrirás, escurrirá, escurriremos, escurriréis, escurrirán) predicts future draining actions.
Conditional
yo: escurriría
The conditional of escurrir (escurriría, escurrirías, escurriría, escurriríamos, escurriríais, escurrirían) talks about 'would' scenarios.
Present Subjunctive
yo: escurra
The present subjunctive (escurra, escurras, escurramos, escurran, escurráis) is used for wishes, doubts, and uncertainty.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: escurriera
The imperfect subjunctive (escurriera/escurriera/escurriéramos/escurrierais/escurrieran) talks about past hypotheticals or wishes.
Negative Imperative
yo: no escurras
Use no escurras (tú), no escurra (usted), no escurramos (nosotros), no escurran (ustedes), no escurráis (vosotros) for negative commands.