girar Negative Imperative Conjugation
girar — to turn
The negative imperative of girar uses present subjunctive forms: no gires, no gire, no giremos, no giréis, no giren.
girar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to turn something or NOT to turn the car.
Notes on girar in the Negative Imperative
This tense is identical to the present subjunctive forms preceded by 'no'.
Example Sentences
No gires a la izquierda, es dirección prohibida.
Don't turn left; it's a one-way street.
tú
No giren el pomo todavía.
Don't turn the knob yet.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
No giremos aquí, hay mucho tráfico.
Let's not turn here; there is a lot of traffic.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: no gira
Correct: no gires
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive form, not the indicative 'gira'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: giro
The present of girar is regular: giro, giras, gira, giramos, giráis, giran.
Preterite
yo: giré
The preterite of girar is regular: giré, giraste, giró, giramos, girasteis, giraron.
Imperfect
yo: giraba
The imperfect of girar is regular: giraba, girabas, giraba, girábamos, girabais, giraban.
Future
yo: giraré
The future of girar is regular: giraré, girarás, girará, giraremos, giraréis, girarán.
Conditional
yo: giraría
The conditional of girar is regular: giraría, girarías, giraría, giraríamos, giraríais, girarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: gire
The present subjunctive of girar is regular: gire, gires, gire, giremos, giréis, giren.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: girara
The imperfect subjunctive of girar is regular: girara, giraras, girara, giráramos, girarais, giraran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: gira
The affirmative imperative of girar is: gira (tú), gire (usted), giremos (nosotros), girad (vosotros), giren (ustedes).