prohibir Present Subjunctive Conjugation
prohibir — to forbid
Prohibir uses the present subjunctive forms: prohíba, prohíbas, prohíba, prohibamos, prohibáis, prohíban.
prohibir Present Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Present Subjunctive
Use this tense after verbs of influence, will, or emotion. It is very common when someone wants to forbid someone else from doing something using phrases like 'No quiero que...' or 'Es necesario que...'.
Notes on prohibir in the Present Subjunctive
Prohibir is regular but requires a written accent on the 'í' in all forms except 'nosotros' and 'vosotros' to maintain the correct stress and avoid a diphthong.
Example Sentences
No quiero que me prohíbas salir.
I don't want you to forbid me from going out.
tú
Es importante que no prohíban el uso de celulares.
It's important that they don't ban the use of cell phones.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Dudo que el jefe prohíba las vacaciones.
I doubt the boss will forbid vacations.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: prohibamos with an accent (prohibámos).
Correct: prohibamos
Why: The stress naturally falls on the 'a' in the nosotros form, so no written accent is needed.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: prohíbo
In the present tense, prohibir adds accents to the 'í' in most forms: prohíbo, prohíbes, prohíbe, prohibimos, prohibís, prohíben.
Preterite
yo: prohibí
The preterite of prohibir is regular: prohibí, prohibiste, prohibió, prohibimos, prohibisteis, prohibieron.
Imperfect
yo: prohibía
The imperfect of prohibir is regular: prohibía, prohibías, prohibía, prohibíamos, prohibíais, prohibían.
Future
yo: prohibiré
The future tense of prohibir is regular: prohibiré, prohibirás, prohibirá, prohibiremos, prohibiréis, prohibirán.
Conditional
yo: prohibiría
The conditional of prohibir is regular: prohibiría, prohibirías, prohibiría, prohibiríamos, prohibiríais, prohibirían.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: prohibiera
The imperfect subjunctive of prohibir uses the -ra endings: prohibiera, prohibieras, prohibiera, prohibiéramos, prohibierais, prohibieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: prohíbe
The affirmative imperative forms are: prohíbe (tú), prohíba (usted), prohibamos (nosotros), prohibid (vosotros), prohíban (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no prohíbas
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no prohíbas, no prohíba, no prohibamos, no prohibáis, no prohíban.