fugar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
fugar — to escape
The imperative uses 'fuga' (tú) and 'fugue' (usted/ustedes) for direct commands.
fugar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to escape, run away, or to tell a technician to vent/drain a system.
Notes on fugar in the Affirmative Imperative
The formal commands (usted/ustedes) and 'nosotros' require the 'gu' spelling change to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Example Sentences
¡Fuga de aquí antes de que te vean!
Run away from here before they see you!
tú
Fugue el aire de la tubería ahora.
Bleed the air from the pipe now.
usted
Fuguémonos de esta fiesta aburrida.
Let's escape from this boring party.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'fuge' for the usted command.
Correct: fugue
Why: You must add the 'u' to maintain the hard 'g' sound of the verb.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: fugo
The present tense of fugar is regular: fugo, fugas, fuga, fugamos, fugáis, fugan.
Preterite
yo: fugué
Fugar is regular in the preterite except for the 'yo' form (fugué), which adds a 'u' to maintain the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: fugaba
The imperfect of fugar is regular for -ar verbs: fugaba, fugabas, fugaba, fugábamos, fugabais, fugaban.
Future
yo: fugaré
The future tense is regular; just add endings to the infinitive: fugaré, fugarás, fugará, fugaremos, fugaréis, fugarán.
Conditional
yo: fugaría
The conditional of fugar is regular: fugaría, fugarías, fugaría, fugaríamos, fugaríais, fugarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: fugue
The present subjunctive of fugar requires a spelling change from 'g' to 'gu' (fugue, fugues, fugue, fuguemos, fuguéis, fuguen).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: fugara
The imperfect subjunctive of fugar is formed using the -ra endings: fugara, fugaras, fugara, fugáramos, fugarais, fugaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no fugues
The negative imperative uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive: no fugues, no fugue, no fuguemos, no fuguéis, no fuguen.