medicar Negative Imperative Conjugation
medicar — to prescribe medicine
The negative imperative always uses the 'qu' spelling change: no mediques, no medique, no mediquemos, no mediquéis, no mediquen.
medicar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to forbid someone from administering medication.
Notes on medicar in the Negative Imperative
Since all negative commands use the present subjunctive forms, they all require the 'c' to 'qu' spelling change.
Example Sentences
No mediques al niño sin permiso del doctor.
Don't medicate the child without the doctor's permission.
tú
Por favor, no medique al paciente todavía.
Please, don't medicate the patient yet.
No mediquemos a nadie hasta tener los resultados.
Let's not medicate anyone until we have the results.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no medica'.
Correct: no mediques
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive form, not the indicative form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: medico
Medicar is completely regular in the present indicative: medico, medicas, medica, medicamos, medicáis, medican.
Preterite
yo: mediqué
Medicar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'mediqué' to preserve the sound.
Imperfect
yo: medicaba
The imperfect of medicar is regular: medicaba, medicabas, medicaba, medicábamos, medicabais, medicaban.
Future
yo: medicaré
The future of medicar is regular: medicaré, medicarás, medicará, medicaremos, medicaréis, medicarán.
Conditional
yo: medicaría
The conditional of medicar is regular: medicaría, medicarías, medicaría, medicaríamos, medicaríais, medicarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: medique
Medicar undergoes a c to qu spelling change in all persons: medique, mediques, medique, mediquemos, mediquéis, mediquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: medicara
The imperfect subjunctive of medicar is regular based on the preterite: medicara, medicaras, medicara, medicáramos, medicarais, medicaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: medica
The imperative uses regular -ar endings, but the 'usted' and 'ustedes' forms use the 'qu' spelling change.