largar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
largar — to let out
The imperative uses 'larga' (tú) and requires a spelling change for 'largue' (usted).
largar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give direct orders, like 'Leave!' or 'Let out the rope!'
Notes on largar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is regular (larga), but formal (usted) and plural (ustedes/nosotros) forms require the 'gu' spelling change.
Example Sentences
¡Larga más cuerda!
Let out more rope!
tú
Largue el sedal, por favor.
Let out the fishing line, please.
¡Larguémonos de aquí!
Let's get out of here!
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'larga' to a group of people.
Correct: larguen (or largad in Spain)
Why: 'Larga' is only for one person you know well (tú).
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: largo
Largar is completely regular in the present indicative: largo, largas, larga...
Preterite
yo: largué
The preterite is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'largué'.
Imperfect
yo: largaba
The imperfect of largar is regular: largaba, largabas, largaba...
Future
yo: largaré
The future tense is regular: add endings to the infinitive (largaré, largarás).
Conditional
yo: largaría
The conditional uses the infinitive plus -ía endings: largaría, largarías...
Present Subjunctive
yo: largue
The present subjunctive of largar requires a spelling change to 'largue' to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: largara
The imperfect subjunctive is formed from the 'largaron' stem: largara, largaras, largara...
Negative Imperative
yo: no larges
The negative imperative always uses the 'gu' spelling change: no largues, no largue.