llorar Negative Imperative Conjugation
llorar — cry
The negative imperative uses present subjunctive forms: no llores, no llore, no lloremos, no lloréis, no lloren.
llorar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to cry.
Notes on llorar in the Negative Imperative
Always uses the present subjunctive forms. There are no special irregular forms for llorar here.
Example Sentences
No llores por él, no vale la pena.
Don't cry for him, it's not worth it.
tú
Por favor, no lloren aquí.
Please, don't cry here.
No lloremos por leche derramada.
Let's not cry over spilled milk.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: no llora
Correct: no llores
Why: Negative commands never use the indicative form; you must use the subjunctive form 'llores'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: lloro
The present of llorar is regular: lloro, lloras, llora, lloramos, lloráis, lloran.
Preterite
yo: lloré
The preterite of llorar is regular: lloré, lloraste, lloró, lloramos, llorasteis, lloraron.
Imperfect
yo: lloraba
The imperfect of llorar is regular: lloraba, llorabas, lloraba, llorábamos, llorabais, lloraban.
Future
yo: lloraré
The future of llorar is regular: lloraré, llorarás, llorará, lloraremos, lloraréis, llorarán.
Conditional
yo: lloraría
The conditional of llorar is regular: lloraría, llorarías, lloraría, lloraríamos, lloraríais, llorarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: llore
The present subjunctive of llorar is regular: llore, llores, llore, lloremos, lloréis, lloren.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: llorara
The imperfect subjunctive of llorar follows the -ra pattern: llorara, lloraras, llorara, lloráramos, llorarais, lloraran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: llora
The affirmative imperative of llorar is: llora (tú), llore (usted), lloremos (nosotros), llorad (vosotros), lloren (ustedes).