patear Negative Imperative Conjugation
patear — to kick
The negative imperative of patear is: no patees, no patee, no pateemos, no pateéis, no pateen.
patear Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to kick something, like 'Don't kick the dog!'
Notes on patear in the Negative Imperative
Negative commands for all pronouns are identical to their present subjunctive forms.
Example Sentences
¡No patees la mesa!
Don't kick the table!
tú
No pateen las piedras.
Don't kick the stones.
No pateemos el bote todavía.
Let's not kick the can yet.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: no patea
Correct: no patees
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive form, not the indicative 'patea'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: pateo
The present of patear is regular: pateo, pateas, patea, pateamos, pateáis, patean.
Preterite
yo: pateé
The preterite of patear is regular: pateé, pateaste, pateó, pateamos, pateasteis, patearon.
Imperfect
yo: pateaba
The imperfect of patear is regular: pateaba, pateabas, pateaba, pateábamos, pateabais, pateaban.
Future
yo: patearé
The future of patear is regular: patearé, patearás, pateará, patearemos, patearéis, patearán.
Conditional
yo: patearía
The conditional of patear is regular: patearía, patearías, patearía, patearíamos, patearíais, patearían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: patee
The present subjunctive of patear is regular: patee, patees, patee, pateemos, pateéis, pateen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: pateara
The imperfect subjunctive of patear is regular: pateara, patearas, pateara, pateáramos, patearais, patearan.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: patea
The affirmative imperative of patear uses: patea (tú), patee (usted), patead (vosotros), pateen (ustedes).