pegar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
pegar — to hit
Use 'pega' (tú) for commands, and remember the 'gu' change for 'pegue' (usted) and 'peguen' (ustedes).
pegar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give orders to stick something, hit a ball, or (informally) to tell someone to 'hurry up' (¡pégale!).
Notes on pegar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is 'pega'. The 'usted', 'ustedes', and 'nosotros' forms use 'gu' (pegue, peguen, peguemos) because the endings start with 'e'.
Example Sentences
¡Pega el sello en el sobre!
Stick the stamp on the envelope!
tú
Pegue usted el cartel aquí.
Stick the poster here (formal).
usted
¡Pegad fuerte!
Hit hard! (plural, Spain)
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'pege' for the formal command.
Correct: pegue
Why: Spelling change 'gu' is required to keep the hard 'g' sound.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: pego
The present tense of pegar is completely regular: pego, pegas, pega, pegamos, pegáis, pegan.
Preterite
yo: pegué
The preterite of pegar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (pegué) to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: pegaba
The imperfect of pegar is regular: pegaba, pegabas, pegaba, pegábamos, pegabais, pegaban.
Future
yo: pegaré
The future tense of pegar is regular, using the full infinitive as the stem: pegaré, pegarás, pegará...
Conditional
yo: pegaría
The conditional of pegar is regular: pegaría, pegarías, pegaría, pegaríamos, pegaríais, pegarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: pegue
The present subjunctive of pegar uses the 'gu' spelling change in all forms: pegue, pegues, pegue, peguemos, peguéis, peguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: pegara
The imperfect subjunctive of pegar is regular: pegara, pegaras, pegara, pegáramos, pegarais, pegaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no pegues
Negative commands always use the 'gu' spelling: no pegues, no pegue, no peguemos, no peguéis, no peguen.