gruñir Negative Imperative Conjugation
gruñir — to growl
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no gruñas, no gruña, no gruñamos, no gruñáis, no gruñan.
gruñir Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to stop grumbling or to tell a dog 'don't growl'.
Notes on gruñir in the Negative Imperative
Like all negative commands, these are identical to the present subjunctive forms.
Example Sentences
¡No gruñas por todo!
Don't grumble about everything!
tú
Por favor, no gruña en la reunión.
Please, don't grumble in the meeting.
No gruñáis, chicos, ya casi llegamos.
Don't grumble, kids, we're almost there.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no gruñe'.
Correct: Say 'no gruñas'.
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive, never the indicative 'e' ending for -ir verbs.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: gruño
Gruñir is regular in the present tense: gruño, gruñes, gruñe, gruñimos, gruñís, gruñen.
Preterite
yo: gruñí
Gruñir has a spelling change in the third person: gruñó and gruñeron (dropping the 'i').
Imperfect
yo: gruñía
The imperfect of gruñir is regular: gruñía, gruñías, gruñía, gruñíamos, gruñíais, gruñían.
Future
yo: gruñiré
The future of gruñir is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: gruñiría
The conditional of gruñir is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: gruña
Gruñir uses the present subjunctive stem 'gruñ-' with -ir endings: gruña, gruñas, gruña, gruñamos, gruñáis, gruñan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: gruñera
The imperfect subjunctive of gruñir drops the 'ie' before the ending: gruñera, gruñeras, gruñera, gruñéramos, gruñerais, gruñeran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: gruñe
The imperative forms for gruñir are: gruñe (tú), gruña (usted), gruñamos (nosotros), gruñid (vosotros), gruñan (ustedes).