guardar Negative Imperative Conjugation
guardar — to put away
The negative imperative of guardar uses present subjunctive forms: no guardes, no guarde, no guardemos, no guardéis, no guarden.
guardar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to put something away yet or NOT to save a file (for example, if it's corrupted).
Notes on guardar in the Negative Imperative
The negative imperative is fully regular and identical to the present subjunctive forms preceded by 'no'.
Example Sentences
No guardes la ropa todavía, está húmeda.
Don't put the clothes away yet, they are damp.
tú
No guarde los cambios si no está seguro.
Don't save the changes if you aren't sure.
usted
No guardemos el coche todavía.
Let's not put the car away yet.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no guarda' for the negative tú command.
Correct: no guardes
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive form, not the indicative form.
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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.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: guarda
The imperative of guardar provides direct commands: guarda, guarde, guardemos, guardad, guarden.