evitar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
evitar — to avoid
Use 'evita' for direct commands to tú, 'evite' for usted, 'evitemos' for nosotros, 'eviten' for ustedes, and 'evitad' for vosotros.
evitar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
The imperative is for giving direct orders or instructions. For 'evitar', you'd use it to tell someone directly to avoid something, like '¡Evita el tráfico!' (Avoid the traffic!) or '¡Evitemos los problemas!' (Let's avoid problems!).
Notes on evitar in the Affirmative Imperative
Evitar is regular in the affirmative imperative. The tú form 'evita' is the same as the present indicative él/ella/usted form, but used as a command.
Example Sentences
Tú, evita hablar con extraños.
You, avoid talking to strangers.
tú
Señor, evite el centro a esta hora.
Sir, avoid downtown at this hour.
usted
Chicos, eviten el ruido.
Guys, avoid the noise.
ustedes
Evitemos discutir sobre eso.
Let's avoid discussing that.
nosotros
Vosotros, evitad esa calle.
You all (Spain), avoid that street.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the infinitive 'evitar' for a command.
Correct: Use the imperative form, like 'evita'.
Why: The infinitive is the base form of the verb, not a command.
Mistake: Confusing usted and tú commands.
Correct: Use 'evite' for formal 'usted' and 'evita' for informal 'tú'.
Why: Spanish has different forms for formal and informal address, which carry over into commands.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: evito
The present tense of evitar (evito, evitas, evita, etc.) is regular and used for habitual actions, current actions, and general truths.
Preterite
yo: evité
The preterite of evitar (evité, evitaste, evitó, etc.) is regular and used for completed actions in the past.
Imperfect
yo: evitaba
The imperfect of evitar (evitaba, evitabas, evitaba, etc.) is regular and used for ongoing or habitual past actions and descriptions.
Future
yo: evitaré
The future tense of evitar (evitaré, evitarás, evitará, etc.) is regular and used for actions that will happen or to express probability.
Conditional
yo: evitaría
The conditional of evitar (evitaría, evitarías, evitaría, etc.) is regular and used for hypotheticals, polite requests, and future-in-the-past.
Present Subjunctive
yo: evite
The present subjunctive of evitar (evite, evites, evitemos, eviten) is used for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after impersonal expressions.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: evitara
The imperfect subjunctive of evitar (e.g., 'evitara', 'evitaras', 'evitara', 'evitaramos', 'evitaran') is used for past hypotheticals, wishes, or doubts.
Negative Imperative
yo: no evites
Negative commands use 'no' plus the present subjunctive: 'no evites' (tú), 'no evite' (usted), 'no evitemos' (nosotros), 'no eviten' (ustedes), 'no evitéis' (vosotros).