guardar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
guardar — to put away
The imperative of guardar provides direct commands: guarda, guarde, guardemos, guardad, guarden.
guardar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to put their things away, to save a document, or to keep a secret immediately.
Notes on guardar in the Affirmative Imperative
Guardar is regular in the imperative. The 'vosotros' form replaces the 'r' with a 'd' (guardad).
Example Sentences
Guarda tus juguetes en la caja.
Put your toys away in the box.
tú
Guarde el documento antes de salir.
Save the document before leaving.
usted
Guarden sus teléfonos, por favor.
Put away your phones, please.
ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'guardar' as a command.
Correct: guarda / guarde
Why: The infinitive is not used for direct commands in Spanish; you must use the imperative forms.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: guardo
Guardar is completely regular in the present: guardo, guardas, guarda, guardamos, guardáis, guardan.
Preterite
yo: guardé
The preterite of guardar is regular: guardé, guardaste, guardó, guardamos, guardasteis, guardaron.
Imperfect
yo: guardaba
In the imperfect, guardar uses standard -aba endings: guardaba, guardabas, guardaba, guardábamos, guardabais, guardaban.
Future
yo: guardaré
The future of guardar uses the infinitive as the stem: guardaré, guardarás, guardará, guardaremos, guardaréis, guardarán.
Conditional
yo: guardaría
The conditional of guardar adds -ía endings to the infinitive: guardaría, guardarías, guardaría, guardaríamos, guardaríais, guardarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: guarde
The present subjunctive of guardar uses 'e' endings: guarde, guardes, guarde, guardemos, guardéis, guarden.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: guardara
The imperfect subjunctive of guardar is formed from the preterite 'ellos' form: guardara, guardaras, guardara, guardáramos, guardarais, guardaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no guardes
The negative imperative of guardar uses present subjunctive forms: no guardes, no guarde, no guardemos, no guardéis, no guarden.