familiarizar Negative Imperative Conjugation
familiarizar — to familiarize
All negative commands for familiarizar use the Z to C spelling change: no familiarices, no familiarice...
familiarizar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to get used to something yet or not to familiarize others with a secret.
Notes on familiarizar in the Negative Imperative
Because all negative commands are based on the present subjunctive, they all feature the Z to C spelling change.
Example Sentences
No te familiarices con sus malos hábitos.
Don't get familiar with his bad habits.
tú
No familiaricen a los niños con ese contenido.
Don't familiarize the children with that content.
No se familiarice demasiado con el personal todavía.
Don't get too familiar with the staff yet.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: no familiarizes
Correct: no familiarices
Why: Negative commands require the subjunctive forms, which trigger the Z to C spelling change before the 'e'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: familiarizo
The present tense is fully regular: familiarizo, familiarizas, familiariza, familiarizamos, familiarizáis, familiarizan.
Preterite
yo: familiaricé
Familiarizar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes Z to C: familiaricé.
Imperfect
yo: familiarizaba
The imperfect is regular: familiarizaba, familiarizabas, familiarizaba, familiarizábamos, familiarizabais, familiarizaban.
Future
yo: familiarizaré
The future tense is regular, adding endings to the infinitive: familiarizaré, familiarizarás, familiarizará...
Conditional
yo: familiarizaría
The conditional is regular: familiarizaría, familiarizarías, familiarizaría, familiarizaríamos, familiarizaríais, familiarizarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: familiarice
Familiarizar undergoes a Z to C spelling change in all forms: familiarice, familiarices, familiarice, familiaricemos, familiaricéis, familiaricen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: familiarizara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular: familiarizara, familiarizaras, familiarizara, familiarizáramos, familiarizarais, familiarizaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: familiariza
Use 'familiariza' (tú) or 'familiarice' (usted). Remember the Z to C change for formal commands.