invertir Negative Imperative Conjugation
invertir — to invest
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive forms: no inviertas, no invierta, no invirtamos.
invertir Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to warn someone against a bad investment or to tell them not to waste/invest their time in something.
Notes on invertir in the Negative Imperative
Follows the present subjunctive exactly, including the 'i' stem for nosotros (invirtamos) and vosotros (invirtáis).
Example Sentences
No inviertas en negocios que no entiendes.
Don't invest in businesses you don't understand.
tú
No invirtamos todo el dinero en una sola cosa.
Let's not invest all the money in just one thing.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'no invierte' as a command.
Correct: No inviertas.
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive form, not the indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: invierto
Invertir is an e-to-ie stem-changer in the present (invierto, inviertes, invierte, invierten), but nosotros and vosotros remain regular.
Preterite
yo: invertí
Invertir has a 'slipper' stem change (e-to-i) in the third person: invirtió and invirtieron.
Imperfect
yo: invertía
The imperfect of invertir is completely regular: invertía, invertías, invertía, invertíamos, invertíais, invertían.
Future
yo: invertiré
The future tense is regular: simply add endings to the infinitive (invertiré, invertirás, invertirá).
Conditional
yo: invertiría
The conditional is regular: add -ía endings to the infinitive (invertiría, invertirías, invertiría).
Present Subjunctive
yo: invierta
Invertir stem-changes to 'ie' in most forms, but changes to 'i' in nosotros/vosotros (invirtamos, invirtáis).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: invirtiera
Based on the preterite 'invirtieron', all forms use the 'invirt-' stem (invirtiera, invirtieras).
Affirmative Imperative
yo: invierte
Commands use 'invierte' (tú) and 'invierta' (usted), following the present and subjunctive patterns.