facilitar Negative Imperative Conjugation
facilitar — to make easier
Negative commands: 'no facilites' (tú), 'no facilite' (usted), 'no facilitemos' (nosotros), 'no facilitéis' (vosotros), 'no faciliten' (ustedes).
facilitar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use the negative imperative to tell someone *not* to do something. For 'facilitar', you'd be telling someone not to make something easier, perhaps to let them struggle a bit or to maintain a certain process.
Notes on facilitar in the Negative Imperative
Negative commands in Spanish are formed using the present subjunctive. Facilitar is regular in the present subjunctive, so its negative imperative forms are regular.
Example Sentences
No facilites el acceso a personas no autorizadas.
Don't make access easier for unauthorized people.
tú
Señor, no facilite su información personal por teléfono.
Sir, do not make your personal information easier to get over the phone.
usted
No faciliten el paso por esa zona, es peligrosa.
Don't make passage easier through that area, it's dangerous.
No nos facilitemos la vida con atajos que no funcionan.
Let's not make our lives easier with shortcuts that don't work.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the infinitive 'facilitar' with 'no'.
Correct: Use 'no facilites' (tú), 'no facilite' (usted), etc.
Why: Negative commands require the subjunctive mood.
Mistake: Confusing 'no facilitemos' (nosotros) with 'no facilitamos' (present indicative).
Correct: 'No facilitemos' is the command, 'no facilitamos' means 'we do not make easier'.
Why: The subjunctive ending for 'nosotros' in this tense is '-emos', not '-amos'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: facilito
Present actions/truths: 'facilito' (yo), 'facilitas' (tú), 'facilita' (él/ella/usted), 'facilitamos' (nosotros), 'facilitáis' (vosotros), 'facilitan' (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Preterite
yo: facilité
Completed actions: 'facilité' (yo), 'facilitaste' (tú), 'facilitó' (él/ella/usted), 'facilitamos' (nosotros), 'facilitasteis' (vosotros), 'facilitaron' (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Imperfect
yo: facilitaba
Ongoing/habitual past actions: 'facilitaba' (yo/él/ella/usted), 'facilitabas' (tú), 'facilitábamos' (nosotros), 'facilitabais' (vosotros), 'facilitaban' (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Future
yo: facilitaré
Future actions: 'facilité' (yo), 'facilitarás' (tú), 'facilitará' (él/ella/usted), 'facilitaremos' (nosotros), 'facilitaréis' (vosotros), 'facilitarán' (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Conditional
yo: facilitaría
Hypotheticals/politeness: 'facilitaría' (yo/él/ella/usted), 'facilitarías' (tú), 'facilitaríamos' (nosotros), 'facilitaríais' (vosotros), 'facilitarían' (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Present Subjunctive
yo: facilite
Present subjunctive: 'facilite' (yo/él/ella/usted), 'facilites' (tú), 'facilitemos' (nosotros), 'facilitéis' (vosotros), 'faciliten' (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: facilitara
Past subjunctive: 'facilitara'/'facilitase' (yo/él/ella/usted), 'facilitaras'/'facilitases' (tú), 'facilitáramos'/'facilitásemos' (nosotros), 'facilitarais'/'facilitaseis' (vosotros), 'facilitaran'/'facilitasen' (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Affirmative Imperative
yo: facilita
Commands: 'facilita' (tú), 'facilite' (usted), 'facilitemos' (nosotros), 'facilitad' (vosotros), 'faciliten' (ustedes).