freír Negative Imperative Conjugation
freír — to fry
Negative commands use the present subjunctive: no frías, no fría, no friamos, no friáis, no frían.
freír Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to fry something (e.g., 'Don't fry that!').
Notes on freír in the Negative Imperative
Since it uses the present subjunctive forms, the stem change (e > i) occurs in every person.
Example Sentences
No frías el pollo todavía.
Don't fry the chicken yet.
tú
No frían ustedes la carne en esa sartén.
Don't fry the meat in that pan.
No friamos los calamares hasta que estén limpios.
Let's not fry the squid until they are clean.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the affirmative command form: 'No fríe'.
Correct: No frías
Why: Negative commands must always use the subjunctive forms.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: frío
Freír is a stem-changing verb where the 'e' becomes 'í' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: freí
Freír has a stem change (e > i) in the third-person forms and requires accents on most endings.
Imperfect
yo: freía
Freír is regular in the imperfect: freía, freías, freía, freíamos, freíais, freían.
Future
yo: freiré
Freír is regular in the future: freiré, freirás, freirá, freiremos, freiréis, freirán.
Conditional
yo: freiría
Freír is regular in the conditional: freiría, freirías, freiría, freiríamos, freiríais, freirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: fría
The present subjunctive of freír uses the 'i' stem change: fría, frías, fría, friamos, friáis, frían.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: friera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'fri-' stem: friera, frieras, friera, friéramos, frierais, frieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: fríe
Give commands to fry: fríe (tú), fría (usted), friamos (nosotros), freíd (vosotros), frían (ustedes).