instalar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
instalar — to install
The imperative of instalar is regular: instala, instale, instalemos, instalad, instalen.
instalar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to give direct commands. For example, tell someone to install an app or to install a new program.
Notes on instalar in the Affirmative Imperative
Instalar is regular in the affirmative imperative. The 'vosotros' form 'instale' keeps the 'a' from the infinitive, unlike many verbs whose -ar verbs change to -ad.
Example Sentences
¡Instala la nueva aplicación ahora!
Install the new app now!
tú
Por favor, instale el software antes de la reunión.
Please install the software before the meeting.
usted
Instalemos el sistema juntos.
Let's install the system together.
nosotros
Instalad el programa en vuestros ordenadores.
Install the program on your computers.
vosotros
¡Instalen todo el equipo antes de la medianoche!
Install all the equipment before midnight!
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the present indicative instead of the imperative for commands.
Correct: Use 'Instala' (tú) or 'Instale' (usted), not 'Instalas' or 'Instala'.
Why: The indicative describes, while the imperative commands.
Mistake: Forgetting the 'vosotros' form 'instale' and using 'instalad' incorrectly.
Correct: The vosotros command is 'instale', not 'instalad'.
Why: While many -ar verbs change to -ad in the vosotros imperative, instalar follows the pattern of keeping the infinitive's 'a'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: instalo
The present of instalar is regular: instalo, instalas, instala, instalamos, instaláis, instalan.
Preterite
yo: instalé
The preterite of instalar is regular: instalé, instalaste, instaló, instalamos, instalasteis, instalaron.
Imperfect
yo: instalaba
The imperfect of instalar is regular: instalaba, instalabas, instalaba, instalábamos, instalabais, instalaban.
Future
yo: instalaré
The future of instalar is regular: instalaré, instalarás, instalará, instalaremos, instalaréis, instalarán.
Conditional
yo: instalaría
The conditional of instalar is regular: instalaría, instalarías, instalaría, instalaríamos, instalaríais, instalarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: instale
The present subjunctive of instalar is regular: instale, instales, instalemos, instaléis, instalen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: instalara
The imperfect subjunctive of instalar is regular: instalara/instalase, instalaras/instalases, etc.
Negative Imperative
yo: no instales
The negative imperative of instalar uses the present subjunctive: no instales, no instale, no instalemos, no instaléis, no instalen.