invocar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
invocar — to invoke
The imperative uses 'invoca' (tú) and 'invoque' (usted) to give direct commands to invoke something.
invocar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to invoke a spirit, a law, or a memory right now.
Notes on invocar in the Affirmative Imperative
Formal commands (usted/ustedes) and the 'nosotros' form require the c-to-qu spelling change (invoque, invoquen, invoquemos).
Example Sentences
Invoca a tu musa para escribir el poema.
Invoke your muse to write the poem.
tú
Invoque la cláusula de rescisión del contrato.
Invoke the termination clause of the contract.
Invoquemos la sabiduría de nuestros antepasados.
Let's invoke the wisdom of our ancestors.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: invoce (for usted)
Correct: invoque
Why: Just like the subjunctive, you must change 'c' to 'qu' to keep the hard 'k' sound in formal commands.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: invoco
The present tense of invocar is completely regular: invoco, invocas, invoca, invocamos, invocáis, invocan.
Preterite
yo: invoqué
The preterite of invocar is regular except for the 'yo' form (invoqué), which uses a 'qu' to preserve the sound.
Imperfect
yo: invocaba
The imperfect of invocar is regular: invocaba, invocabas, invocaba, invocábamos, invocabais, invocaban.
Future
yo: invocaré
The future of invocar is regular: add endings to the full infinitive (invocaré, invocarás).
Conditional
yo: invocaría
The conditional of invocar is regular: add -ía endings to the infinitive (invocaría, invocarías).
Present Subjunctive
yo: invoque
The present subjunctive of invocar features a c-to-qu spelling change (invoque, invoques) to keep the hard 'k' sound.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: invocara
The imperfect subjunctive follows the preterite stem (invocara, invocaras) and describes hypothetical or past invocations.
Negative Imperative
yo: no invoques
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no invoques, no invoque.