indicar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
indicar — to indicate
The imperative of indicar includes spelling changes for formal commands: indica, indique, indiquemos, indicad, indiquen.
indicar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to give orders or instructions, such as 'Point to the map' or 'State your name'.
Notes on indicar in the Affirmative Imperative
The formal commands (usted/ustedes) and 'nosotros' use 'qu' to maintain the hard 'k' sound. The 'tú' and 'vosotros' forms are regular.
Example Sentences
Indica tu preferencia en el formulario.
Indicate your preference on the form.
tú
Por favor, indique su dirección.
Please, state your address.
usted
Indiquen los errores que encuentren.
Point out the errors you find.
ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: indica (for usted)
Correct: indique
Why: Indica is the informal (tú) command; formal commands must use the subjunctive form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: indico
The present tense of indicar is fully regular: indico, indicas, indica, indicamos, indicáis, indican.
Preterite
yo: indiqué
The preterite of indicar has a spelling change in the first person: indiqué, indicaste, indicó, indicamos, indicasteis, indicaron.
Imperfect
yo: indicaba
The imperfect of indicar is regular: indicaba, indicabas, indicaba, indicábamos, indicabais, indicaban.
Future
yo: indicaré
The future tense of indicar is regular: indicaré, indicarás, indicará, indicaremos, indicaréis, indicarán.
Conditional
yo: indicaría
The conditional of indicar is regular: indicaría, indicarías, indicaría, indicaríamos, indicaríais, indicarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: indique
The present subjunctive of indicar uses a 'qu' spelling in all forms: indique, indiques, indique, indiquemos, indiquéis, indiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: indicara
The imperfect subjunctive of indicar is regular: indicara, indicaras, indicara, indicáramos, indicarais, indicaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no indiques
The negative imperative of indicar uses 'qu' in all forms: no indiques, no indique, no indiquemos, no indiquéis, no indiquen.